Case Name: In the Matter of Julius A. Horwitz, an Attorney, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1939-01-20
Citations: 256 A.D. 160
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Julius A. Horwitz, an Attorney, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 256
Pages: 160–161

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Julius A. Horwitz, an Attorney, Respondent.
First Department,
January 20, 1939.
Einar Chrystie, for the petitioner.
Karl A. Blaustein, for the respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
It has been conclusively established that the respondent has been guilty of the practice of accepting retainers, signed in blank, from two laymen whom he knew as " runners " engaged in the business of soliciting negligence cases for attorneys, and that he, either before or after the settlement or other disposition of said cases, paid money to the " runners " as compensation for said retainers. The respondent confessedly accepted thirteen such retainers, twelve of which were accepted between May, 1935, and September, 1936.
He should be disbarred.
Present — Martin, P. J., O'Malley, Townley, Glennon and Untermyer, JJ.
Respondent disbarred.