In re Leshaw

Respondent was admitted to practice by the Appellate Division, Second Department, in 1958, and maintained an office for the practice of law in Brooklyn.

The petition in this matter was filed by the grievance committee in the Second Department. After that committee presented its case at a hearing, the Referee recused himself. The Second Department then transferred the matter to petitioner, the Committee on Professional Standards. This Court then appointed a Referee to take testimony and issue a report.

The Referee’s report sustained four charges of professional misconduct against respondent and…