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N.Y. Judiciary Law § 486-a: Conviction for felony of person who is an attorney and counselor at law; notice thereof to be given by clerk to appropriate appellate div...

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  1. Judiciary Law
  2. Article 15. Attorneys and Counsellors

§ 486-a. Conviction for felony of person who is an attorney and

counselor at law; notice thereof to be given by clerk to appropriate

appellate division of the supreme court. Whenever it appears from the

record that a person who has been convicted of any crime which is a

felony, is an attorney and counselor at law of this state, it shall be

the duty of the clerk of every court in which such conviction is had to

ascertain:

(a) the place and date of such person's admission to practice as

attorney and counselor at law; and

(b) his last office and residence addresses; and, within five days

after the imposition of sentence, to transmit a certified copy of the

judgment of conviction to the clerk of the appellate division of the

supreme court in the judicial department in which such person was

admitted to practice. Said copy of the judgment shall set forth, in

addition to all the facts usually stated therein, the place and the date

of admission to practice of such convicted attorney and his last office

and residence addresses.

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