Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of Brooklyn Bar Association in Respect of James Virdone, Admitted as an Attorney and Counselor at Law under the Name of James Verdone
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1941-03-03
Citations: 261 A.D. 961
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of Brooklyn Bar Association in Respect of James Virdone, Admitted as an Attorney and Counselor at Law under the Name of James Verdone.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 261
Pages: 961–961

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of Brooklyn Bar Association in Respect of James Virdone, Admitted as an Attorney and Counselor at Law under the Name of James Verdone.

Opinion:
Respondent was admitted to the bar June 5, 1912. It is undisputed that through the neglect of respondent considerable loss came to three estates of incompetents of which he was a committee. The loss was made good by a surety company which has made adjustments with respondent. There is also a charge that respondent used $300 of an incompetent's estate, and failed to account for it for over two years, at a time when objections were made to his account. The court does not agree with the official referee's conclusion as to this charge but is in accord with the referee's report to the extent that it recommends suspension. The respondent is suspended from the practice of the law for the period of one year. Present — Lazansky, P. J., Hagarty, Carswell, Johnston and Taylor, JJ.