In re Fisher

In this disciplinary proceeding, peti*453tioner, an Albany attorney admitted to practice in March, 1961 by the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department, moves to disaffirm, in part, the report of the referee, and respondent cross-moves to confirm the report in its entirety.

On May 9,1980, petitioner accompanied Alan A. Sloane to the Banker’s Trust Company of Albany for the purpose of obtaining a $30,000 loan to be used to cover recent expenditures of one of Sloane’s corporations. When the bank’s senior loan officer advised them that Sloane’s credit would not justify the loan, petitioner, a…