In re Krouner

Respondent was admitted to practice by this Court in 1973 and maintains an office for the practice of law in Albany.

By petition dated January 3, 1995, petitioner Committee on Professional Standards accused respondent of violating the Code of Professional Responsibility DR 1-102 (A) (4), (5), and (8) (22 NYCRR 1200.3 [a] [4], [5], [8]), by improperly signing the names of two of his clients, who were co-executors of an estate, to a February 1994 petition to extend preliminary letters testamentary on their behalf and then notarizing the signatures (charge I) and of violating DR 1-102 (A) (5) and…