175 A.D. 335
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 1, 1916
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · decided 1916-12-01
<p>Attorney at law censured — advertising legal business.</p> <p>An attorney at law severely censured for unprofessional conduct in extravagantly advertising his business of making commercial collections contrary to the spirit of canon 27 of the Code of Ethics. The court determines to take no further action if the defendant refrains from further use of such unprofessional methods.</p> <p>Scott, J., dissented and voted for disbarment. .</p>
Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently June 1953
1 district · 3 state decisions
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Decided 1916-12-01
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¶1I fully agree that the respondent should be disciplined, hut I am not content to concur in a mere censure. If the respondent’s practices are reprehensible, the case is so flagrant that nothing short of disbarment seems to me to be adequate.
¶2Respondent censured. Order to be settled on notice.