In re Gaiman

Respondent was admitted to practice *707by this Court in 1979 and maintains an office for the practice of law in Monticello, Sullivan County.

Petitioner, the Committee on Professional Standards, moves for an order suspending respondent from practice pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90 (4) (f) by reason of his conviction in April 1999 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York of the Federal felony of aiding in the filing of a false tax return (Internal Revenue Code [26 USC] § 7206 [2]). He is scheduled to be sentenced on July 15, 1999.

Respondent has been convicted of a…