Opinion
December 13, 1985
Application insofar as it seeks the respondent's disbarment, denied. The issues raised by the petition containing the charges to be served upon respondent, including the facts which constituted the conviction of the serious crime (a Federal felony) and the respondent's answer thereto are to be referred to Stanley Buchsbaum, Esq., 3101 Avenue I, Brooklyn, New York 11210 as a Special Referee to hear and to report, together with his findings.
The automatic suspension which arose upon the conviction of the serious crime shall continue until the further order of this court.
The Grievance Committee for the Second and Eleventh Judicial Districts is authorized to institute and prosecute a disciplinary proceeding in the court, as petitioner, against respondent and Robert H. Straus, Esq., Chief Counsel to the committee, Suite 1200, Municipal Building, Brooklyn, New York, is hereby appointed as attorney for the petitioner in such proceeding. Mollen, P.J., Lazer, Mangano, Gibbons and Thompson, JJ., concur.