In re Martin

OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent, William T. Martin, was admitted to the practice of law in New York by the First Judicial Department on *133February 3, 1977. From July 1982 to December 1987, respondent maintained an office for the practice of law in the First Judicial Department. In November 1987, respondent was elected to a 14-year term as a New York Supreme Court Justice in Bronx County, and assumed the Bench in January 1988.

On May 31, 1989, respondent was charged in a nine-count indictment, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, with the following criminal…