In re O'Neill

The respondent was admitted to practice as an attorney and counselor at law by the Appellate Division of the *519Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department, on November 8, 1897.

The original petition herein charged respondent with professional misconduct in the solicitation of retainers by laymen of personal injury cases and the payment of money as salaries, fees and commissions to the “runners ” who solicited these cases.

A supplemental petition was filed charging that the respondent, as an inducement to claimants who had sustained personal injuries to sign retainers employing the…