Commentary: Essential Similarity Test for Post-Conviction Disbarment

Daily Record (Rochester, NY) › October 20, 2007

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Under Judiciary Law, conviction of a felony results in automatic disbarment.

This may include conviction of a felony in another jurisdiction.

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Commentary: Essential Similarity Test for Post-Conviction Disbarment

Statute Judiciary Law [section] 90(4) states: "a. Any person being an attorney and counselor-at-law who shall be convicted of a felony as defined in paragraph e of this subdivision, shall upon such conviction, cease to be an attorney and counselor-at-law, or to be ...

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