Lawyer Summarily Disbarred For Practicing While Suspended

A New York lawyer who kept representing clients and using his escrow accounts after he was suspended was disbarred without a hearing.

Given the “overwhelming evidence” of Steven S. Herzberg’s noncompliance with the terms of his suspension, the Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, First Department said a hearing was “unnecessary” and summarily disbarred him July 26.

While suspended Herzberg continued to hold himself out as a licensed lawyer and to use his escrow accounts, the court said. He also didn’t timely notify his clients, other counsel, or the courts about his suspension.

The court rejected Herzberg’s arguments against ...