Matter of Stanwyck

OPINION OF THE COURT

The Grievance Committee served the respondent with a notice pursuant to 22 NYCRR 691.3 seeking to impose reciprocal discipline upon him based upon an opinion and order of the Supreme Court of California, filed January 12, 2012, which disbarred the respondent from the practice of law in that state (2012 Cal LEXIS 858 [Sup Ct, Jan. 12, 2012, No. S196292]). The respondent filed a verified statement dated October 8, 2013, together with numerous exhibits from the California proceedings, and raised all three enumerated defenses provided for in 22 NYCRR 691.3 (c), namely, that…