In re Weinfeld

OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent was admitted to practice as an attorney and counselor at law in the State of New York on September 11, 1974. On June 6, 1979 a judgment of conviction was entered against him in Supreme Court, Erie County, following his plea of guilty (without admitting any criminal wrongdoing—i.e., an Alford plea) to the crime of attempted petit larceny, a class B misdemeanor. The charges arose from respondent’s conduct of his practice as a licensed podiatrist, although at that time he had been recently licensed to practice law. No appeal has been taken from the judgment of…