In re Perlmutter

*122OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent was admitted to the practice of law in New York by the First Judicial Department on December 3, 1956 and has been suspended since July 2, 1987 because of a Federal felony conviction for a "serious crime”. (See, Matter of Perlmutter, 141 AD2d 253.)

The crime was evading the Federal currency reporting requirement, and the respondent was sentenced to a term of probation of three years expiring May 8, 1990 (unless shortened or sooner terminated).

It is our stated position that the practice of law shall not be permitted by one on probation for the commission of a…