In re Loughrey

In a disciplinary proceeding, petitioner moves for a default judgment upon respondent’s failure to appear or file an answer to the petition as directed by an order which was served upon him personally with a copy of the petition.

The petition sets forth seven charges of misconduct. In Charge 1, respondent is accused of refusing to co-operate with the Grievance Committee of the Warren County Bar Association and the Committee on Grievances of the New York State Bar Association, in that between June, 1968 and October, 1970, he neglected to acknowledge receipt of, or to answer or appear in…