In re Gertler

The respondent was admitted to the bar in May, 1924, in the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department. The facts established upon the hearings before the official referee, nearly all of which are uncontroverted, are summarized as follows:

Late in the evening of October 15, 1925, John Panuska was arrested and brought to the Magistrate’s Night Court for arraignment on the charge of carrying a revolver without a permit. The respondent, who frequented the Night Court, approached Panuska when he was brought there for arraignment and volunteered his Services as counsel. Panuska…