In re Frankel

The Committee on Professional Standards moves to confirm the report of the Referee sustaining five charges of professional misconduct against *469respondent, an attorney admitted to practice before this court in 1959 and who maintains an office for the practice of law in the City of Schenectady.

The charges arise out of respondent’s alleged neglect of three client matters, misleading a client as to the status of two matters, and his failure, on several occasions, to maintain an adequate balance in his attorney’s escrow account. Although respondent appeared at the hearing before the Referee, he has…