In re Israel

OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent was admitted to the practice of law at the First *102Judicial Department in 1986, under the name William Carlton Israel, and has maintained an office for such practice within this Department at all relevant times since then. He has been charged with 10 instances of professional misconduct, arising out of his representations of clients in four criminal proceedings and two civil matters.

Between September 1989 and November 1991, respondent was assigned to represent four diiferent criminal defendants on their appeals to the Appellate Division, Second Department, under…