M-645, M-2592, M-3345. December 2, 2003. Disciplinary proceedings instituted by the Departmental Disciplinary Committee for the First Judicial Department. Respondent was admitted to the Bar of the State of New York at a Term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court for the Second Judicial Department on February 17, 1982. Stephen P. McGoldrick, of counsel (Thomas J. Cahill Chief Counsel) for petitioner. Respondent pro se. Before: Angela M. Mazzarelli, Justice Presiding, Betty Weinberg Ellerin
1003-1004 May 7, 2002. Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Tompkins, J.), entered January 20, 2000, which, after a nonjury trial, inter alia, awarded plaintiff damages in the total sum of $356,509.83 against defendants and imposed sanctions upon defendants for frivolous litigation practices, and order, same court and Justice, entered May 17, 2000, which, inter alia, imposed additional sanctions against defendant Mac Truong in the amount of $5,000, unanimously affirmed, with one bill
(a)Immediate Suspension - (1)Petition. The EOIR disciplinary counsel shall file a petition with the Board to suspend immediately from practice before the Board and the Immigration Courts any practitioner who has been found guilty of, or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to, a serious crime, as defined in § 1003.102(h) , or any practitioner who has been suspended or disbarred by, or while a disciplinary investigation or proceeding is pending has resigned from, the highest court of any State, possession
(a)Right to be heard - (1)Summary disciplinary proceedings. A practitioner who is subject to summary disciplinary proceedings pursuant to § 1003.103(b) must make a prima facie showing to the Board in his or her answer that there is a material issue of fact in dispute with regard to the basis for summary disciplinary proceedings, or with one or more of the exceptions set forth in § 1003.103(b)(2)(i) through (iii). If the practitioner files a timely answer and the Board determines that there is a material