Opinion
2013-12-12
In the Matter of John C. NIMMER, an Attorney, Committee on Professional Standards, Petitioner; John C. Nimmer, Respondent.
Monica A. Duffy, Committee on Professional Standards, Albany (Michael K. Creaser of counsel), for petitioner. John C. Nimmer, Omaha, Nebraska, respondent pro se.
Monica A. Duffy, Committee on Professional Standards, Albany (Michael K. Creaser of counsel), for petitioner. John C. Nimmer, Omaha, Nebraska, respondent pro se.
Before: Lahtinen, J.P., Stein, McCarthy and Egan Jr., JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Respondent was admitted to practice by this Court in 1999. He maintains an office for the practice of law in Nebraska, where he was admitted to the bar in 1993.
By order dated June 14, 2013, the Nebraska Supreme Court publicly reprimanded respondent for, among other things, violating his oath of office as an attorney and a disciplinary rule prohibiting a lawyer from making misleading statements about the lawyer's services ( Matter of Nimmer, 286 Neb. 107, 834 N.W.2d 776 [2013] ).
Petitioner now moves for an order imposing discipline pursuant to this Court's rules ( see22 NYCRR 806.19). Respondent has filed papers in response, arguing only that any discipline in excess of a public reprimand would be unjust. Respondent has not previously been the subject of discipline in either Nebraska or this state.
Under the circumstances presented, we conclude that, in the interest of justice and consistent with the discipline in Nebraska, respondent should be censured ( see generally Matter of Lawler, 40 A.D.3d 1205, 833 N.Y.S.2d 419 [2007] ).
ORDERED that petitioner's motion is granted; and it is further
ORDERED that respondent is hereby censured. LAHTINEN, J.P., STEIN, McCARTHY and EGAN JR., JJ., concur.