In re Klein

After certification by the State Board of Law Examiners on September 22, 1922, respondent’s application for admission to the Bar was rejected by the Committee on Character and Fitness for the First Judicial District on October 18, 1923 and again on May 28, 1925. A petition for rehearing was denied in May, 1926, but a third petition for rehearing was granted in November, 1927. On December 17, 1927 respondent was approved by the Character Committee, and on January 8, 1928 was admitted to the Bar by the Appellate Division, First Department.

Thereafter, in a proceeding instituted by the…