In re Rosenthal

Respondent was admitted to the practice of the law in 1911. His office was in the borough of Manhattan, but he had considerable practice in Queens county. He is charged with:(1) Having paid certain laymen for soliciting negligence cases in violation of statute and the canons of ethics;(2) Having paid a layman for procuring counsel work for him;(3) Failure to produce records of financial transactions in an investigation conducted before Hon. Leander B. Faber, a justice of the Supreme Court, pursuant to order of this court.

The charges were referred to an official referee to report thereon, with…