In re Castro

OPINION OF THE COURT

*69Respondent was admitted to the practice of law in the State of New York by the First Judicial Department on December 7, 1987. At all times relevant to these proceedings, he maintained an office for the practice of law within the First Judicial Department.

In 2006, respondent was charged in a superior court information filed in Supreme Court, New York County, with offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree in violation of Penal Law § 175.35, a class E felony, in connection with his filing of false retainer statements with the Office of Court Administration.

On…