In re Burns

Respondent was admitted to the Bar in the First Department on March 19, 1958. Petitioner, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, moves to confirm the report of the Referee sustaining the charges of professional misconduct preferred by it against the respondent. The evidence shows that respondent, as executor of Charles D. Burns, his deceased uncle, collected the sum of $23,971.78 belonging to the decedent’s estate and converted the entire sum to his own use. Respondent failed to appear before petitioner’s Grievance Committee. Written charges were personally served upon him. He…