In re Barnes

OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent was admitted to the Bar at the First Judicial *14Department in 1978, and has maintained an office for the practice of law within this Department during all periods relevant to this proceeding.

In June 1995 respondent pleaded guilty, in United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, to three counts of willful failure to file income tax returns, in violation of 26 USC § 7203. He was sentenced, later that year, to eight months of imprisonment and one year of probation, and ordered to make restitution and pay a special assessment of $75. In 1996 we…