Lader v. Finnerty

OPINION OF THE COURT

Sandra J. Feuerstein, J.

The petitioner, Spencer Lader, is a disbarred attorney by virtue of an order of the Appellate Division, Second Department, dated November 22, 1982, which accepted his resignation and struck his name from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law (Matter of Lader, 90 AD2d 837). Mr. Lader’s resignation was prompted by allegations that he had, inter alia, defrauded clients and others into entrusting large sums of money to him, forged documents, issued checks on accounts with insufficient funds and failed to maintain a proper escrow account.…