Case Name: In the Matter of Joseph Marrell, an Attorney, Respondent. Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Petitioner
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1956-03-29
Citations: 1 A.D.2d 328
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Joseph Marrell, an Attorney, Respondent. Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 328–328

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Joseph Marrell, an Attorney, Respondent. Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Petitioner.
First Department,
March 29, 1956.
Herman J. McCarthy of counsel (McCarthy & McGrath, attorneys), for respondent.
Frank H. Gordon for petitioner.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Respondent was convicted after trial in the Court of General Sessions on two counts charging him with the crime of unlawfully soliciting retainers in accident cases (Penal Law, § 270-a). He was sentenced on each count to serve three months in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $500. Execution of the penitentiary sentences was suspended upon payment of the fines. Respondent was admitted to practice in 1929, and apparently no other charges of unprofessional conduct have hitherto been made against him. In view of all of the circumstances of this case, respondent should be suspended from the practice of the law for a period of one year.
Peck, P. J., Breitel, Botein and Rabin, JJ., concur.
Respondent suspended.