In re Levine

OPINION OF THE COURT

Admitted to practice at the Second Department in 1980 as *40Andrew Charles Levine, respondent pleaded guilty in 1994, in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, to one count of assisting in the preparation of a false income tax return, and was sentenced to 18 months’ probation, inter alia. Inasmuch as the offense constituted a "serious crime” (Judiciary Law § 90 [4] [d]), this Court suspended respondent from the practice of law on February 9, 1995, pending a mitigation hearing and final disciplinary action (208 AD2d 156).

A Hearing Panel has…