In re Van Riper

Respondent was admitted to practice by this Court in 1975 and maintains a law office in the City of Binghamton, Broome County.

On February 23, 2005, respondent pleaded guilty to a violation of 26 USC § 7206 (1), knowingly filing a false tax return for calendar year 1998, a federal felony. He had misstated his taxable income for that year by $46,083.

Respondent has been convicted of a serious crime as defined in Judiciary Law § 90 (4) (d) (see Matter of Neroni, 185 AD2d 1015 [1992]). The statute requires that he be suspended from practice unless this Court finds that good cause exists to set…