In re Avigdor

Respondent was admitted to practice by this Court in 1992. He maintained an office for the practice of law in Connecticut, where he was admitted to practice in 1983.

In June 2012, respondent was convicted in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut upon his plea of guilty to a violation of 18 USC § 1012, making a false statement to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, a serious crime as that term is defined by Judiciary Law § 90 (4) (d) (see Matter of Ruegger, 207 AD2d 166 [1995]; see also Matter of Misiano, 33 AD3d 254 [2006]). The District Court sentenced…