In re Cooper

*222OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent Daniel J. Cooper was admitted to the practice of law in New York by this Department on May 19, 1980, under the name Daniel James Cooper.

This Court previously granted the petition of the Departmental Disciplinary Committee and suspended the respondent from the practice of law pursuant to an order entered July 16, 1992, finding the respondent guilty of a serious crime and referring the matter to the Committee for a hearing and recommendation regarding the appropriate sanction to be imposed (Matter of Cooper, 181 AD2d 298).

The Committee has concluded its hearing…