In a decision issued yesterday, the NY Supreme Court ruled that the name of Melvyn Weiss, former named partner with the law firm formerly known as Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP, is to be struck “from the roll of attorneys on the ground that he was automatically disbarred as a result of his conviction of a federal felony that would also constitute a felony under New York law.” The court noted that Weiss did not submit any response to the Disciplinary Committee’s petition that his name be removed.
The court found that “the activities to which respondent admitted are essentially similar to the New York felony of enterprise corruption under Penal Law § 460.20. Therefore, automatic disbarment under Judiciary Law § 90(4)(a) is appropriate.”
