In re Hickey

Respondent was admitted to practice by this Court in 1980. He maintains an office for the practice of law in the City of Ithaca, Tompkins County.

In violation of the attorney disciplinary rules, respondent removed a document from an adversary attorney’s office without asking for or actually having permission to do so, although he did have permission to inspect the document and photocopy it at the attorney’s office; the adversary attorney had made documents available in response to a notice to produce from respondent (see, Code of Professional Responsibility DR 1-102 [a] [4], [5] [22 NYCRR…