In re Uchenna

Petitioner charges respondent with having made a materially false statement on his application for admission filed with this Court in 2004, in violation of former Code of Professional Responsibility DR 1-101 (a) (22 NYCRR 1200.2 [a]).* The petition states that respondent failed to disclose, as required, a 1997 conviction in the Crown Court at Isleworth, England, of being knowingly concerned in the fraudulent evasion of a prohibition or restriction on importation of a class A controlled drug, specifically cocaine. He was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment.

Respondent has not answered or…