In re Smith

*176OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent, Gwynette R. Smith,* was admitted, as Gwynette Rosalind Henderson Smith, to the practice of law in the State of New York by the First Judicial Department on October 27, 1972.

In the spring of 1992, respondent sent an unsolicited, incoherent postcard to the Departmental Disciplinary Committee indicating that she had a serious "crack” cocaine problem. In the spring and summer of 1992, the Committee wrote to respondent but received no response. The Committee was informed by respondent’s father that respondent had moved to Los Angeles. The Committee also learned from…