In re Roemmelt

Respondent was admitted to practice by this Court in 1977 and maintained an office in Loudonville, Albany 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 December 1998 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York of the Federal felony of knowingly filing a false tax return for calendar year 1991 (26 USC § 7206 [1]). He is scheduled to be sentenced in April 1999.

Respondent has been convicted of a serious crime mandating his…