In re O'Brien

OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent John J. O’Brien was admitted to the practice of law in the State of New York by the First Judicial Department on November 20, 1995, under the name John Joseph O’Brien. At all times relevant to these proceedings, he maintained an office for the practice of law within this Judicial Department.

On August 3, 2011, in a misdemeanor information filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, respondent was charged with two counts of failing to file United States income tax returns for 2004 and 2006, and two counts of willfully failing…