In re Rubinstein

OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent was admitted to the practice of law in this Department on April 28, 1980. While employed as an associate with the law firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Jacobson, respondent engaged in insider trading, using information gained during his legal work to earn substantial profits in the stock market in violation of Federal securities laws. Although respondent eventually voluntarily desisted from his illicit conduct, he, nevertheless, became the target of an S.E.C. investigation and on June 21, 1982, the S.E.C. commenced an enforcement action against him…