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252 A.D.2d 20

In re Goldberg

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · decided 1998-12-16

Decided 1998-12-16

¶1OPINION OF THE COURT

Per Curiam.

¶2On June 22, 1998, the respondent pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court, New York County, to the crime of commercial bribing in the first degree, a class E felony, in violation of Penal *21Law § 180.03. He was sentenced to a conditional discharge and restitution in the amount of $200,000.

¶3Pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90 (4), the respondent ceased to be an attorney and counselor-at-law upon his conviction of a felony.

¶4Accordingly, the petitioner’s motion is granted. The respondent is disbarred, and his name is stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, effective immediately.

¶5Mangano, P. J., Rosenblatt, Miller, O’Brien and Ritter, JJ., concur.

¶6Ordered that pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90, effective immediately, the respondent, Moses Goldberg, is disbarred, and his name is stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law; and it is further,

¶7Ordered that the respondent shall comply with this Court’s rules governing the conduct of disbarred, suspended, and resigned attorneys (see, 22 NYCRR 691.10); and it is further,

¶8Ordered that pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90, effective immediately, Moses Goldberg is commanded to desist and refrain from (1) practicing law in any form, either as principal or as agent, clerk, or employee of another, (2) appearing as an attorney or counselor-at-law before any court, Judge, Justice, board, commission, or other public authority, (3) giving to another an opinion as to the law or its application or any advice in relation thereto, and (4) holding himself out in any way as an attorney and counselor-at-law.

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