In re Mandel

OPINION of the court

Petitioner, the Departmental Disciplinary Committee for the First Department, seeks an order suspending respondent from practice pending resolution of the charges against him.

Respondent was admitted to practice in the Second Department on December 16, 1953, and maintains an office for the practice of law in the First Department.

On October 4, 1982, the committee received a complaint from attorneys of former clients of respondent. A judgment had been awarded against respondent to these clients for malpractice and breach of contract, stemming from respondent’s failure to…