Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1941

In re Brooklyn Bar Ass'n in Respect of Cogliano

In re Brooklyn Bar Ass'n in Respect of Cogliano
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided March 3, 1941
261 A.D. 959; 25 N.Y.S.2d 851; 1941 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 8336
In re Brooklyn Bar Ass'n in Respect of Cogliano

Opinion of the Court

Respondent was admitted to the bar in 1913. (1) In 1939 he received a sum of money to be held by him

until the happening of a certain event. The event has taken place and respondent has failed to account for a considerable part of the money. (2) In 1932 he received a sum of money to be used in settlement of a claim against a client. The claim was not settled and respondent failed to account for the money until several years later, after complaint had been made against him. Respondent is suspended from the practice of the law for a period of one year. Present — Lazansky, P. J., Hagarty, Adel, Taylor and Close, JJ.

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