An attorney who admitted to having a loaded submachine gun in the trunk of his car has been disbarred by a Brooklyn appellate court in light of his felony conviction.

In December 2006, Eric Edelstein pleaded guilty before Acting Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Michael Obus (See Profile) to one count of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a class D violent felony.

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