In re Anonymous

The present record establishes that respondent, an attorney admitted to practice law in this State, accepted a retainer to procure a Mexican “ mail order ” divorce for a client who together with his wife were New York domicilliaries. The attorney knew that neither was a resident of Mexico and that they had no intention of going there. Part of the retainer fee received was paid by respondent to a Mexican attorney having an office in New York, and the Mexican proceedings set in operation. It does not appear, however, that the respondent had any part in any collusive arrangement between the…