In re Melman

OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent Maurice Bernard Melman was admitted to the *123practice of law in New York by the First Judicial Department on June 2, 1997, and at all times relevant to these proceedings, has maintained an office for the practice of law within this Department.*

By order entered October 25, 2005, this Court granted the Committee’s motion, on default, and immediately suspended respondent from the practice of law until further order of the Court based upon his wilful failure to cooperate with the Committee’s disciplinary investigation into six complaints and uncontested evidence of…