In re Kunstler

OPINION OF THE COURT

Petitioner, the Departmental Disciplinary Committee (DDC), seeks an order confirming the findings of fact of a Hearing Panel and imposing an appropriate sanction.

Respondent William M. Kunstler was admitted to the prac*234tice of law by the Second Judicial Department on December 15, 1948 and at all times relevant herein has maintained an office for the practice of law within the First Judicial Department. In 1990, respondent was retained to represent Yusef Salaam, one of the defendants in the Central Park jogger case, after the jury’s verdict but before sentencing. Thereafter,…