In re Katz

DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

JJPER CURIAM.

Respondent, Allan M. Katz, was convicted in federal court on one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. The criminal activity consisted of an insurance fraud scheme that respondent and a New Orleans physician concocted from 1985 through 1991 and that resulted in the improper payment by insurance companies and other defendants of $268,000 in settlement proceeds. Respondent was sentenced to serve sixteen months imprisonment followed by three years supervised probation, fined $40,000, and ordered to pay restitution of…