A Brooklyn attorney who was suspended last year amid charges that he stole $10,000 from two clients who gave him money for down payments on property has been disbarred.
According to court papers, two clients alleged that they each gave Elliott Bakst checks for $5,000 to purchase properties in Brooklyn and St. Albans, Queens, which he placed in an escrow account. But when the clients asked for their money back, they alleged, Bakst did not produce the funds.
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