In re Rodriguez

OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent was admitted to the New York Bar at the First Judicial Department in 1991, and has maintained an office for such practice within this Department at relevant times since then. He has not appeared in response to this motion to suspend.

*250Petitioner Departmental Disciplinary Committee opened its investigation in late 1999, after the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection reported that respondent had issued a subsequently dishonored check drawn on his attorney escrow account. During the course of that investigation, petitioner has received no less than 11 independent…