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Respondent Anthony Ferrandino, an attorney, was convicted of offering a false instrument for filing, a class E felony, in New York County on February 2, 2005. This conviction stemmed from his involvement in bribing hospital workers to obtain personal injury lawsuit candidates and filing false retainer statements with the Office of Court Administration. The Committee on Professional Standards sought his disbarment, citing Judiciary Law § 90 (4), which mandates automatic disbarment for state felony convictions. The court granted the petition, ordering his name be stricken from the roll of attorneys, nunc pro tunc to the conviction date. The decision highlighted that sentencing is not a prerequisite for automatic disbarment.
In re Ferrandino is a workers' compensation case decided in Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. This case addresses legal issues related to compensation claims, benefits, and court rulings.
It is commonly referenced in legal research involving workers' compensation laws in Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
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Respondent Anthony Ferrandino, an attorney, was convicted of offering a false instrument for filing, a class E felony, in New York County on February 2, 2005. This conviction stemmed from his involvement in bribing hospital workers to obtain personal injury lawsuit candidates and filing false retainer statements with the Office of Court Administration. The Committee on Professional Standards sought his disbarment, citing Judiciary Law § 90 (4), which mandates automatic disbarment for state felony convictions. The court granted the petition, ordering his name be stricken from the roll of attorneys, nunc pro tunc to the conviction date. The decision highlighted that sentencing is not a prerequisite for automatic disbarment.
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