In re Brickel

OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent was admitted to the Bar in the First Judicial Department on March 31, 1969. On June 4, 1976, respondent was convicted in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York upon a plea of guilty of four counts of unlawfully, willfully and knowingly making false statements upon loan commitments (notes) and guarantees, to banks, the deposits of each of which were then and there insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, for the purpose of influencing the said banks to approve such loans (a *449Federal felony in violation of US Code, tit…