Case Name: In the Matter of Harold L. Goerlich, an Attorney, Respondent. Joint Bar Association Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, Petitioner
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1981-09-08
Citations: 82 A.D.2d 608
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Harold L. Goerlich, an Attorney, Respondent. Joint Bar Association Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 82
Pages: 608–609

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Harold L. Goerlich, an Attorney, Respondent. Joint Bar Association Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, Petitioner.
Second Department
September .8, 1981
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Francis F. Doran (Louis J. Profera of counsel), for peti- . tioner.
F. Courts Bouse for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Per Curiam.
The respondent was admitted to practice by this court on March 28, 1951.
In this proceeding to discipline respondent for professional misconduct, the Referee sustained a charge of misconduct alleging that respondent failed to co-operate with the Nassau County Bar Association Grievance Committee and the petitioner Grievance Committee in their respective investigations of complaints made against the respondent. The Referee failed to sustain three other charges of misconduct.
The petitioner moved to confirm in part and disaffirm in part the report of the Referee. The respondent cross-moved to disaffirm in part and confirm in part said report.
After reviewing all of the evidence, we are in full agreement with the report of the Referee. The respondent is guilty only of the afore-mentioned misconduct. The petitioner's motion and respondent's cross motion are granted only to the extent that they seek to confirm in part the Referee's report and are otherwise denied.
In determining an appropriate measure of discipline to be imposed, we are mindful of respondent's previously unblemished record. Accordingly, the respondent should be, and he hereby is, censured for his misconduct.
Mollen, P.J., Hopkins, Damiani, Lazer and O'Con-nor, JJ., concur.