In re Diamond

*122OPINION OF THE COURT

The movant was admitted to the practice of law in the State of New York by this Court on December 12, 1966. Based on a 1985 federal conviction on two counts of filing a false income tax return (see United States v Diamond, 788 F2d 1025 [4th Cir 1986]), we immediately suspended him from the practice of law and directed that a sanction hearing be held (Matter of Diamond, 117 AD2d 114 [1st Dept 1986]). The movant failed to appear at the hearing, and we subsequently suspended him from the practice of law for one year commencing May 13, 1986 (the date of the initial suspension)…