In re Klimow

Respondent was admitted to practice by this Court in 1966. He resides in California.

In December 1997, respondent pleaded guilty and was convicted in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona of violating 18 USC § 1001 (false statement), a felony offense. His federal conviction is essentially similar to an offense under Penal Law § 175.35, offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree, a class E felony (see Matter of Zumbo, 191 AD2d 805, lv denied 82 NY2d 653). We therefore grant petitioner’s motion for an order disbarring respondent and striking his name from…