In re Gautam

OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent was admitted to the practice of law in the State *336of New York by the Second Judicial Department on February 27, 1991. At all times relevant to these proceedings, he maintained an office within the First Department.

On October 21, 1996, respondent was found guilty in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, upon a jury verdict, of one count of conspiring to defraud the United States by preparing and filing false asylum applications with the Immigration and Naturalization Service in violation of 18 USC § 371, and one count of…