In re Gelbwaks

OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent Aaron Gelbwaks was admitted to the Bar at the First Judicial Department in 1955, and has maintained an office for such practice within this Department at all times relevant to these proceedings. Petitioner Departmental Disciplinary Committee brought this proceeding in 1998, seeking appropriate disciplinary sanction for several incidents of professional misconduct stemming from respondent’s representation of three separate clients. Based upon adverse findings in the three cases, this Court ordered, in November 1998, that the matter be referred to a Referee for…