In re Richman

OPINION OF THE COURT

Petitioner, Departmental Disciplinary Committee, moves to confirm the findings and opinion of the hearing panel which, following a hearing, issued a reprimand and recommended that respondent should be censured for neglect in failing to prosecute matters entrusted to him and in failing to cooperate with the Committee in its official investigation of the several complaints of professional misconduct.

Respondent was admitted to practice in the Second Department on February 23, 1972 and has maintained an office for the practice of law within this department. The disciplinary…