In re Sealy

*133OPINION OF THE COURT

In this proceeding, the respondent was served with a petition containing three allegations of professional misconduct. The Special Referee sustained all three charges. The Grievance Committee moved to confirm the report of the Special Referee while the respondent cross-moved to disaffirm.

Charge One alleged that the respondent, as a member of the Assigned Counsel Defender Plan of the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department, between 1984 and 1988, engaged in conduct adversely reflecting on his fitness to practice law. During that interval, the respondent submitted…