In re Whitaker

Respondent was admitted to practice in the First Judicial Department on December 3, 1956.

There were three serious charges made against respondent involving the conversion of funds deposited with him in escrow, the issuance of 36 worthless checks drawn on his personal and special accounts and the conversion of the sum of $15,000 from a client upon the representation that said sum would be invested on her behalf. In addition, respondent was charged with having unreasonably failed to co-operate with petitioner’s Committee on Grievances, in its initial investigation, in that he failed to appear…