In re Zer

OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent was admitted to the practice of law in the State *499of New York by the First Judicial Department on December 3, 1990.

On September 19, 1996, respondent pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy in the fourth degree in violation of Penal Law § 105.10 (1) (class E felonies) in response to an indictment alleging, inter alia, that he had conspired to hire two people, one of whom was an undercover police officer, to extort money from as many as seven individuals, including two former clients. The respondent was sentenced to five years’ probation on February 3, 1997.

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