MATTER OF UGWECHES

M3555

69 A.D.3d 125 (2009)

891 N.Y.S.2d 9

In the Matter of AUSTEN O.O. UGWECHES (Admitted as AUSTEN OBIAJULY O. UGWECHES), an Attorney, Respondent. DEPARTMENTAL DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT, Petitioner.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided October 29, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan W. Friedberg, Chief Counsel, Departmental Disciplinary Committee, New York City (Jorge Dopico of counsel), for petitioner.

Austen O.O. Ugweches, respondent pro se.

MAZZARELLI, J.P., MOSKOWITZ, ACOSTA, FREEDMAN and RICHTER, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Per Curiam.

Respondent Austen O.O. Ugweches was admitted to the practice of law in the State of New York by the First Judicial Department in September 1999. At all relevant times, respondent has maintained a law office within the First Judicial Department.

The Departmental Disciplinary Committee seeks an order pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90 (4) (b) striking respondent's name from...

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