Legal Opinion

In re Schwartz

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 7, 1992PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

*120OPINION OF THE COURT

2Per curiam

Respondent was admitted to the Bar by this Department in 1967, and alternately worked in legal publishing and practiced law within the Department until 1990. From 1982 until 1988 he was affiliated, both as editor-in-chief and general counsel, with Data-Lex Inc., a limited partnership engaged in marketing legal texts. The pressures of that job assertedly led respondent to commit certain unlawful acts—specifically, his false notarization of investor signatures on confessions of judgment by an accountant who claimed to hold powers of attorney, and the submission of an…

3Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In re HalperAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  2. In re SchwartzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990

4Cited by1 opinion

  1. J.P. v. P.W.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1989

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