Matter of Steinhoff

Once again, we confront the devastating effect of drugs on a young life. Lawyers, no less than athletes and other members of society, are at risk. Respondent’s attorney described his case as a “modern American tragedy.” A brilliant, hard-working, young attorney, so able that he served as a court official while still a law student, has fallen victim to the use of cocaine. Admitted to the bar in 1981, he practiced first as Public Rate Counsel in the Public Advocate’s Office and thereafter opened his own office in association with another young attorney in late 1982. His associate and secretary…