In re Hopfl

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, without costs. Subdivision 4 of section 90 of the Judiciary Law mandates automatic disbarment upon conviction of a felony. It is clear that under this section as construed prior to its recent amendment (L 1979, ch 674), an attorney ceases to be a member of the Bar when convicted of a Federal felony, even one that has no New York analogue (Matter of Thies, 45 NY2d 865; Matter of Chu, 42 NY2d 490). Thus, upon his conviction under section 645 of title 15 of the United States Code, a felony under Federal law,…