Case Name: In the Matter of Paul Plust (Admitted as Paul Neal Plust), an Attorney, Respondent. Grievance Committee for the Second and Eleventh Judicial Districts, Petitioner
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1996-10-28
Citations: 225 A.D.2d 185
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Paul Plust (Admitted as Paul Neal Plust), an Attorney, Respondent. Grievance Committee for the Second and Eleventh Judicial Districts, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 225
Pages: 185–186

Head Matter:
[648 NYS2d 704]
In the Matter of Paul Plust (Admitted as Paul Neal Plust), an Attorney, Respondent. Grievance Committee for the Second and Eleventh Judicial Districts, Petitioner.
Second Department,
October 28, 1996
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Robert H. Straus, Brooklyn (Robert J. Saltzman of counsel), for petitioner.
Ira S. Cooper, P. C, Rosedale, for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Per Curiam.
On June 18, 1996, the respondent pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court, Kings County, to the crime of conspiracy in the second degree, a class B felony, in violation of Penal Law § 105.15. On June 28, 1996, the respondent was sentenced to a term of incarceration of 28 months to seven years.
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 respondent is disbarred and his name is stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, effective immediately.
Mangano, P. J., Rosenblatt, Miller, O'Brien and McGinity, JJ., concur.
Ordered that pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90, effective immediately, the respondent, Paul Plust, 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 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, Paul Plust, is commanded to desist and refrain from (1) practicing law in any form, either as principal or as agent, clerk, or employee of another, (2) appearing as an attorney or counselor-at-law before any court, Judge, Justice, board, commission, or other public authority, (3) giving to another an opinion as to the law or its application or any advice in relation thereto, and (4) holding himself out in any way as an attorney and counselor-at-law.