PER CURIAM — The Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District served the respondent with a verified petition dated March 2, 2020, containing three charges of professional misconduct. By virtue of his verified answer dated May 22, 2020, the respondent admitted the factual specifications underlying the charges. After a hearing on October 30, 2020, before the Honorable Elaine Jackson Stack, and a subsequent hearing before Special Referee John J. Halloran, Jr., on March 18, 2021, Special Referee Halloran submitted a report dated May 3, 2021, in which he sustained all charges. The Grievance Committee now moves to confirm the Special Referee’s report and to impose such discipline upon the respondent as the Court deems just and proper. The respondent has submitted an affirmation of counsel in response, together with a memorandum of law, in which he does not oppose the findings of the Special Referee that sustained the charges, and requests that the Court, in view of the mitigating circumstances presented, impose a one-year suspension.
The Petition Charge one alleges that the respondent engaged in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation, in violation of rule 8.4(c) of the Rules of Professional Conduct (22 NYCRR 1200.0), based upon the following factual specifications: From in or about 1992 through 2017, the respondent held various positions in the Town of Oyster Bay, as follows: in or about March 1992, the respondent was hired as an Assistant Town Attorney; in or around 1994, he was promoted to Deputy Town Attorney; from 1998 through 2002, he served as special counsel to the Town Supervisor; in or around October 2002 through 2010, he was appointed as Deputy Town Supervisor; from 2010 until his resignation in January 2017, he held the position of Town Attorney while continuing to perform the functions of the Deputy Town Supervisor.
