In re Rivers

165 A.D.2d 649, 570 N.Y.S.2d 141, 1991 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7705

Opinion

OPINION OF THE COURT

Per Curiam.

The respondent was admitted to the practice of law by this court on October 18,1961.

On August 23, 1990, the respondent was convicted in the County Court, Nassau County, upon his plea of guilty, of the crime of repeated failure to file tax returns in violation of Tax Law § 1802, which constitutes a class E felony. On October 17, 1990, the respondent was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, and five years’ probation and was directed to file a confession of judgment in the amount of $50,000.

Pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90 (4), the respondent ceased to be an attorney and counselor-at-law upon his conviction of a felony.

Accordingly, the petitioner’s motion is granted. The respondent is disbarred and his name is stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, effective immediately.

Mangano, P. J., Thompson, Bracken, Brown and Eiber, JJ., concur.

Ordered that pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90, effective immediately, the respondent Robert Rivers is disbarred and his name is stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law; and it is further,

Ordered that the respondent shall promptly comply with this court’s rules governing the conduct of disbarred, suspended and resigned attorneys (22 NYCRR 691.10); and it is further,

Ordered that pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90, effective immediately, the respondent Robert Rivers is commanded to desist and refrain (1) from practicing law in any form, either as principal or as agent, clerk or employee of another, (2) from appearing as an attorney or counselor-at-law before any court, Judge, Justice, board, commission or other public authority, (3) from giving to another an opinion as to the law or its application or any advice in relation thereto, and (4) from holding himself out in any way as an attorney and counselor-at-law.