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Respondent, admitted to law in 1979, faced multiple felony charges in 2003, including restraint of trade, enterprise corruption, and bribery, stemming from a scheme to bribe hospital workers for personal injury lawsuit candidates. He was also charged with offering false instruments for filing and falsifying business records related to false retainer statements. On November 22, 2005, respondent and his law firm, Loft & Zarkin, were convicted of two counts of offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree and one count of falsifying business records in the first degree. He received a sentence of five years' probation and a $5,000 fine. The Disciplinary Committee subsequently sought his disbarment. The court granted the petition, ordering respondent's name to be stricken from the roll of attorneys, effective nunc pro tunc to November 22, 2005, citing automatic disbarment upon felony conviction under New York law.
In re Zarkin 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.
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Respondent, admitted to law in 1979, faced multiple felony charges in 2003, including restraint of trade, enterprise corruption, and bribery, stemming from a scheme to bribe hospital workers for personal injury lawsuit candidates. He was also charged with offering false instruments for filing and falsifying business records related to false retainer statements. On November 22, 2005, respondent and his law firm, Loft & Zarkin, were convicted of two counts of offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree and one count of falsifying business records in the first degree. He received a sentence of five years' probation and a $5,000 fine. The Disciplinary Committee subsequently sought his disbarment. The court granted the petition, ordering respondent's name to be stricken from the roll of attorneys, effective nunc pro tunc to November 22, 2005, citing automatic disbarment upon felony conviction under New York law.
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