In re Greenberg

The petitioner, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, petitions for the disciplining of respondent. Respondent was admitted to the bar in 1947. Two charges were asserted against him. After hearings, the learned Referee, George Trosk, Esq., found that the first charge was established and the second was not. We confirm those findings.

The first charge was that respondent converted $1,500 entrusted to him by a client for the purpose of settling a matter with a bank. The money, in the form of a check to respondent, was to be used to pay any claim that might be asserted by a bank which…