In re Evans

Respondent was admitted to practice by the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, in 1971. He maintains an office for the practice of law in Canton, St. Lawrence County.

Petitioner, the Committee on Professional Standards, moves to suspend respondent pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90 (4) (f), based on his conviction of a serious crime, offering a false instrument for filing in the second degree, a class A misdemeanor (Penal Law § 175.30), until such time as a final disciplinary order is made pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90 (4) (g). Respondent opposes the motion.

Although respondent has been…