In re Newman

*204OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent, admitted to the practice of law in New York in the Second Department on February 2, 1972, at all relevant times herein maintained an office for the practice of law in the First Department.

In 1978, respondent was suspended for a period of two years by the Appellate Division, Fourth Department (Matter of Newman, 64 AD2d 145), as the result of certain activities from 1976 to 1977, in which he gave false reports to his clients in a litigated matter, drafted a spurious judicial decision, mailed a copy to his clients, and prepared and signed a Judge’s order and…