In re Clayton

OPINION OF THE COURT

The Grievance Committee served the respondent with a petition, dated February 20, 2001, containing one charge of professional misconduct. The Special Referee sustained the charge after a hearing. The Grievance Committee now moves to confirm the findings of the Special Referee and to impose such discipline upon the respondent as the Court deems just and proper. The respondent’s attorney has submitted a letter to the Court, dated July 2, 2001, in which he attempts to differentiate this case from Matter of Tenzer (285 AD2d 116), which involved the imposition of a one-year…