In Re Queenan

The respondent pleaded nolo contendere to an information filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey charging him with failure to file federal income tax returns for the calendar years 1963 through 1966. The court suspended the imposition of sentence and placed respondent on probation for a period of one year.

The only question before us is the extent of discipline to be imposed under all the circumstances. The admitted dereliction is a serious one on the part of any member of the bar, no matter what the excuse, and in no case have we imposed less than a period of…