Failure to Mention Client’s Death to Opponent Yields One-Year Suspension for N.Y. Attorney

An attorney who settled a client’s lawsuit shortly after the client died—and who failed to disclose the death to the client’s adversary—was suspended from the practice of law for one year March 11 by the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department (Matter of Rosner, 2015 BL 65564, N.Y. App. Div. 2d Dep’t, 3/11/15).

The per curiam opinion affirms a finding that attorney Andrew Rosner was not authorized to enter an “eve of trial” settlement on behalf of James Lorquet, a client who died one month before the scheduled trial of a long-running employment suit.

The court ...