Case ID: ad2d_128/html/0090-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

In the Matter of Michele L. Weinstat, an Attorney, Respondent. Departmental Disciplinary Committee for the First Judicial Department, Petitioner.
    First Department,
    May 19, 1987
    APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
    
      Michael A. Gentile for petitioner.
    No appearance on behalf of respondent.
   OPINION OF THE COURT

Per Curiam.

The Departmental Disciplinary Committee (DDC) for the First Judicial Department has moved to strike respondent’s name from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90 (4) (b).

This court admitted respondent to practice on November 8, 1982.

Respondent was convicted, upon a plea of guilty, in the Supreme Court, New York County (Jeffrey M. Atlas, J.), entered November 6, 1985, of the crime of attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (Penal Law §§ 110.00, 220.16), which is a class C felony.

A certified copy of the disposition has been presented to this court (Judiciary Law § 90 [4] [b]). Upon her conviction, respondent ceased to be an attorney and counselor-at-law (Judiciary Law § 90 [4] [a]; see, Matter of Dizak, 93 AD2d 680, 681-682 [1st Dept 1983]).

Accordingly, the petition of the DDC should be granted, and respondent’s name stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law.

Kupferman, J. P., Sullivan, Ross, Milonas and Wallach, JJ., concur.

Respondent’s name is stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law in the State of New York, effective May 19, 1987.