In re Cohen

This is a disciplinary proceeding prosecuted by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York against the respondent, who has been a member of the bar for upwards of twenty-five years. The undisputed evidence shows that the respondent has been guilty of an offense which we have frequently condemned in unequivocal language, to wit, that of appropriating to his own use the money of his clients.

In May, 1913, a proceeding in bankruptcy was pending in the United States District Court, based on a petition prepared in respondent’s office and filed by him as attorney for the petitioning…