In re Berns

OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent was admitted to the practice of law in the State *117of New York by the Second Judicial Department on February 21, 1973, under the name Lloyd Marshall Berns. At all times relevant to these proceedings, respondent maintained an office for the practice of law within the First Judicial Department.

In 2006, respondent was charged in a superior court information filed in Supreme Court, New York County, with offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree in violation of Penal Law § 175.35, a class E felony, in connection with his filing of false retainer…