In re Smith

OPINION OF THE COURT

The respondent was admitted to practice by this court on December 18, 1967. By order of this court dated July 21, 1975, the respondent was suspended from the practice of law for a period of two years. (Matter of Smith, 48 AD2d 510.) The respondent has remained suspended during the pendency of these proceedings. The prior suspension was partially predicated upon the respondent’s conviction of participating with his client, a defendant in a criminal action, in the payment of money to a complaining witness to induce said witness to withdraw the charge and was also based upon…