In re Gendel

Respondent was admitted to practice by this Court in 1989. He maintained a law office in New Jersey, where he was admitted in 1972.

He was reciprocally suspended for three months by this Court in 1996 after being similarly suspended in New Jersey (Matter of Gendel, 233 AD2d 613). He was reinstated in New Jersey but did not apply for reinstatement in New York. By order dated November 30, 1998, the Supreme Court of New Jersey disbarred respondent upon his consent in which he acknowledged that he could not successfully defend himself against a complaint of knowing misuse of client trust funds.…