Brooklyn Bar Ass'n v. Crawford

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Brooklyn Bar Ass'n v. Crawford

21 A.D.2d 792, 250 N.Y.S.2d 627, 1964 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3642

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedJune 1, 1964

StatusPublished

This text of 21 A.D.2d 792 (Brooklyn Bar Ass'n v. Crawford) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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Brooklyn Bar Ass'n v. Crawford, 21 A.D.2d 792, 250 N.Y.S.2d 627, 1964 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3642 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1964).

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Opinion

This is a proceeding to discipline respondent, an attorney at law, for professional misconduct in that he wrongfully refused to return moneys received from a client for expenses incident to the prosecution of a divorce action. It appears from the petition that respondent failed to institute the action; that after a period of time the client informed respondent that she no longer desired to sue for divorce; that she thereupon requested the return of the money she had paid him for the expenses of the proposed lawsuit; and that respondent ignored such request. Respondent failed to appear before the Grievance Committee of the petitioner on the preliminary investigation of this charge. Respondent likewise failed to appear in this court in this proceeding or to serve an answer to the petition, although such petition and the order to show cause thereon were duly served upon him. Accordingly, the respondent is disbarred and his name is directed to be struck from the roll of attorneys and counselors at law. Beldock, P. J., Ughetta, Christ, Rabin and Hopkins, JJ., concur.

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This is a proceeding to discipline respondent, an attorney at law, for professional misconduct in that he wrongfully refused to return moneys received from a client for expenses incident to the prosecution of a divorce action. It appears from the petition that respondent failed to institute the action; that after a period of time the client informed respondent that she no longer desired to sue for divorce; that she thereupon requested the return of the money she had paid him for the expenses of the proposed lawsuit; and that respondent ignored such request. Respondent failed to appear before the Grievance Committee of the petitioner on the preliminary investigation of this charge. Respondent likewise failed to appear in this court in this proceeding or to serve an answer to the petition, although such petition and the order to show cause thereon were duly served upon him. Accordingly, the respondent is disbarred and his name is directed to be struck from the roll of attorneys and counselors at law. Beldock, P. J., Ughetta, Christ, Rabin and Hopkins, JJ., concur.

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21 A.D.2d 792, 250 N.Y.S.2d 627, 1964 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3642, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/brooklyn-bar-assn-v-crawford-nyappdiv-1964.