Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of Brooklyn Bar Association in Respect of William F. McGuinness, an Attorney and Counselor at Law, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1940-05-27
Citations: 259 A.D. 923
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of Brooklyn Bar Association in Respect of William F. McGuinness, an Attorney and Counselor at Law, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 259
Pages: 923–923

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of Brooklyn Bar Association in Respect of William F. McGuinness, an Attorney and Counselor at Law, Respondent.

Opinion:
Respondent disbarred and his name ordered to be struck from the roll of attorneys. The respondent, upon his plea of guilty, was convicted at an Extraordinary Special and Trial Term and at an Additional Extraordinary Special and Trial Term of the Supreme Court, Kings county, of the crimes of bribery and taking unlawful fees. The crimes being felonies, his disbarment necessarily follows. Present — Lazansky, P. J., Hagarty, Carswell, Johnston and Adel, JJ.