In re Piemonte

OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent was admitted to the practice of law by this Court on June 26, 1980, and maintained an office for the practice of *166law in Syracuse. Respondent formerly served as a Village Justice for the Village of Solvay. On June 22, 1999, respondent was convicted, upon his plea of guilty in Town of Geddes Justice Court, of tampering with a witness in the fourth degree (Penal Law § 215.10), a class A misdemeanor. Respondent admitted that he used his position as a Village Justice to attempt to induce a witness to absent himself from an administrative hearing. On December 20,…