In Re Lacob

The Board of Managers of The Chicago Bar Association, serving as commissioners of this court under Rule 751 in matters concerning the discipline of attorneys, has recommended that Seymour J. Lacob, the respondent, who was admitted to the practice of law in Illinois in 1952, be suspended for five years. The only question before this court is the sanction to be imposed upon the respondent.

A jury in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois found the respondent guilty of having knowingly filed a fraudulent income tax return and he was sentenced to a term of three…