In re Bedell

OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent, Mitchell Bedell, was admitted to the practice of *53law by the Second Judicial Department on February 25, 1976, and has maintained an office for the practice of law within the First Department.

On July 1, 1988, respondent pleaded guilty to a Supreme Court information charging him with three counts of forgery in the third degree, in violation of New York Penal Law § 170.05, a class A misdemeanor. He was sentenced to three years’ probation on each count to run concurrently, a $1,000 fine, and 250 hours of community service.

We suspended respondent from the practice of…