In re Grossman

OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent Israel Grossman was admitted to the practice of law in the State of New York by the Second Judicial Department on May 2, 1979, under the name Israel Gedaliah Gross-man.

On January 26, 1988, this Court disbarred him based upon a felony conviction involving securities fraud and mail fraud (see Matter of Grossman, 135 AD2d 1 [1988]). The respondent subsequently made two applications for reinstatement to the practice of law. His first application was denied in 1996. By order entered May 22, 2003, his second application was granted (Matter of Grossman, 305 AD2d 295…