In re Batt

Respondent was admitted to practice as an attorney and counselor at law in the State of New York at a term *657of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department, on October 12, 1914.

The respondent, as a result of the Ambulance Chasing Investigation, is charged with misconduct as an attorney and counselor at law, briefly, as follows: (1) Improper solicitation of retainers in negligence cases; (2) retaining moneys in settlement of infants’ cases without obtaining court orders authorizing settlement, or fixing respondent’s compensation, in violation of section…