N.Y. Attorney Suspended for Tax Fraud Earns Reinstatement

A New York attorney suspended from the practice of law for three years for tax fraud will have her license reinstated.

While the felony that attorney Marla L. Stein committed was a serious crime, she has earned the right to reinstatement, a New York appeals court ruled.

The mitigating factors warranting reinstatement include a previously unblemished disciplinary history and the fact that she hasn’t practiced law for more than three years while under an interim suspension, the court said.

It also counts in her favor that the misconduct didn’t harm any of her clients, and that she fully cooperated with ...