Professional Misconduct: Matter of Terrell

Daily Record Staff//April 18, 2011//

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Appellate Division, Third Department

Professional Misconduct

Censure — Traffic Convictions

Matter of Terrell
D-14-11

Background: The respondent attorney was admitted to practice by this court in 1982 and he was previously admitted in New Jersey in 1967, where he maintains an office for the practice of law. In 2010, the New Jersey Supreme Court publicly admonished respondent for criminal conduct in Morris County reflecting on an attorney’s honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer. The respondent was admitted into the Morris County Pre-Trial Intervention Program; he also pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident. As a result of the discipline imposed in New Jersey, petitioner moves for an order imposing discipline pursuant to the court’s rules.

Ruling: The court grants the unopposed motion and further concludes that, under the circumstances presented, the respondent should be censured in New York.

Michael K. Creaser of the Committee on Professional Standards for the petitioner; and A. Dennis Terrell respondent pro se

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