A Manhattan attorney who focuses on immigration and personal injury cases has been suspended from practicing law, pending possible further action, after he failed for almost nine months to submit requested documents to support claims he made under oath to an attorney grievance committee that is investigating him, according to an appellate court decision suspending him.

The lawyer, Rafael J. Espinoza, also allegedly has ignored for several months a judicial subpoena served on him by the Appellate Division, First Department’s grievance committee June 25, which directed him to produce by July 8 previously requested “supplemental documents and information,” according to the appellate decision.

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