In re King

OPINION OF THE COURT

Petitioner" seeks respondent’s immediate suspension from the practice of law pending consideration of charges against him, for his failure to cooperate with the investigation. Re*95spondent was admitted to practice law in New York by this court in 1979, and has practiced in the First and Second Departments since then.

In 1989 petitioner received a complaint from a Justice of the Supreme Court in Queens County, charging respondent with neglect and professional misconduct for missing a number of court dates in connection with his representation of a client retained in a criminal…