In re Relin

Respondent was admitted to the Bar by this court on June 30, 1936.

THE FIRST SPECIFICATION

In 1972 he undertook representation of Mrs. Bettie G. Blair, who was in financial distress and involved in matrimonial difficulties. He appeared four or five times on her behalf in Family Court and became counsel of record in separate pending divorce actions which had been brought by Mrs. Blair and by her husband.

Premises at 13 State Street, East Bloomfield, New York, had been owned for many years by ancestors of Mrs. Blair and came to be owned by Mrs. Blair and her husband. Respondent began a declaratory…