In re Brown

OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent was admitted to practice in New York at the *315Second Judicial Department in 1985. Prior to his relocation to Ohio, he maintained an office within the First Judicial Department. In March 1992, respondent pleaded guilty to separate indictments in Ohio, charging the passing of two bad checks in the amounts of $1,800 and $500, and one count of forging a power of attorney.

Issuing bad checks in amounts over $300 is a felony under Ohio law. In New York, issuing a bad check (Penal Law § 190.05) is a larceny (§ 155.05 [2] [c]), and where the object of said larceny exceeds…