In re Riccio

Respondent is an attorney admitted to practice in this department in 1954. At the time of the occurrences herein, respondent maintained an office for the practice of law in the City of Schenectady.

The petition by which this disciplinary proceeding was commenced contains 10 separate charges of professional misconduct consisting of, inter alia, failure to obey a directive of the court to appear for trial, neglect of several cases, failure to advise some clients and the misleading of others as to the true status of their cases, failure to register with the Office of Court Administration, failure…