In re Mann

OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent Michael Mann was admitted to the practice of *88law in the State of New York by the Second Judicial Department on January 9, 1991. At all times relevant herein respondent maintained an office for the practice of law within the First Judicial Department.

On August 9, 2006, respondent pleaded guilty in Supreme Court, New York County, to scheme to defraud in the first degree, in violation of Penal Law § 190.65 (1) (a), a class E felony. At the plea proceeding, respondent admitted that between 2003 and 2005 he and his law partner Joshua Just engaged in a scheme in which…