In re Thaler

The respondent, admitted to the Bar in the First Judicial Department on October 22,1957, is charged in six specifications with professional misconduct in connection with the payment of moneys to State Liquor Authority officials to *167influence their decisions in matters pending before the Authority.

From August 1, 1961 to about October, 1963, the respondent was employed as a confidential law assistant to a Judge of the Court of Claims. As such, he was permitted to engage in the practice of law. The petition alleges that, in the representation of three separate clients (Charges I, II and TV"), the…