In re Hirsch

The respondent was admitted to practice as an attorney and counselor at law in the State of New York on November 5, 1913, at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Department.

On May 4, 1933, the respondent was convicted in the Court of General Sessions of the County of New York of the crime of grand larceny, second degree, which crime is a felony, and sentenced to imprisonment in the State prison.

Section 477 of the Judiciary Law provides: “ Any person being an attorney and counsellor-at-law, who shall be convicted of a felony, shall, upon such conviction, cease to be an…