In re Farley

In this attorney disciplinary proceeding, petitioner Committee on Professional Standards charges respondent with failure to file an attorney registration statement and failure to pay the attendant registration fee, as required by Judiciary Law § 468-a (charge I); failure to comply with directives of this Court and petitioner (charge II); and failure to cooperate with petitioner (charge III). Respondent was admitted to practice by this Court in 1974.

After petitioner moved for a default judgment on the petition, respondent belatedly filed an answer. Because respondent has not provided a…