In re Kandekore

OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent Lijyasu M, Kandekore was admitted to the practice of law in the State of New York by the Second Judicial Department on June 21, 1989. At all times pertinent to this proceeding, respondent has maintained an office for the practice of law within the First Judicial Department.

*76Pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90 (4) (b), petitioner, the Departmental Disciplinary Committee for the First Judicial Department, seeks to have respondent’s name stricken from the roll of attorneys based on his conviction of a. felony as defined in Judiciary Law § 90 (4) (e). In pertinent part,…