In re Feinman

OPINION OF THE COURT

This is a petition to suspend respondent from the practice of *180law forthwith, pending final disposition on formal disciplinary charges of misconduct. Respondent, who has failed to appear in this proceeding, was admitted to practice in New York in 1938, and has maintained a law office within this Judicial Department at relevant times since then.

Petitioner opened its investigation on a complaint from a colleague that respondent, having suffered financial reverses, had misappropriated client funds and recently left the country. That investigation revealed that since 1990,…