In re Pollack

OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent was admitted to the Bar in New York State at *29this Department in 1977, and has maintained an office for such practice within this Department during all periods relevant to this proceeding.

In 1995, in order to expedite the obtaining of certain publicly available documents he needed for litigation, respondent offered a $250 gratuity to an investigator at the New York City Comptroller’s office. The giving of such an unlawful gratuity to a public servant is a class A misdemeanor (Penal Law § 200.30), to which respondent pleaded guilty for this act in 1997. He was…