In re Kohler

This is a motion to confirm the report of a referee sustaining the charges of the petitioner that the respondent has been guilty of professional misconduct.

Respondent was admitted to practice as an attorney and counselor at law in the State of New York at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Second Department, on March 4, 1915.

At the conclusion of a painstaking and praiseworthy report the referee makes the following findings of fact, which are amply sustained by the record, consisting of 1,088 pages of testimony and 125 exhibits:(1) The respondent placed an order with Munds…