Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of Brooklyn Bar Association in Respect of Thomas B. Cullen, an Attorney and Counselor at Law, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1938-01-21
Citations: 253 A.D. 827
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of Brooklyn Bar Association in Respect of Thomas B. Cullen, an Attorney and Counselor at Law, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 253
Pages: 827–827

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of Brooklyn Bar Association in Respect of Thomas B. Cullen, an Attorney and Counselor at Law, Respondent.

Opinion:
Motion to confirm report of official referee granted, respondent disbarred and his name ordered to be struck from the roll of attorneys. The finding of the learned official referee that respondent indorsed his client's name to a check to her order without authority and converted the proceeds thereof was warranted by the proof. That respondent later paid the maker of the check the amount thereof did not mitigate his wrongful acts. There was also justification for the determination that in one instance respondent willfully neglected a client's interests to the client's financial loss. Present — Hagarty, Carswell, Davis, Adel and Taylor, JJ.