Matter of Wolf

Holding The court affirmed the Special Referee’s report sustaining all eight charges of professional misconduct, including misappropriation and commingling of funds, and ordered the respondent’s disbarment. The court determined that the respondent’s misuse of an escrow account to shield personal funds from creditors and his failure to fully acknowledge the severity of his misconduct warranted the most severe sanction.

The court’s words

The primary concern of a disciplinary proceeding is the protection of the public in its reliance on the integrity and responsibility of the legal profession

2026 NY Slip Op 06125, at the official text

We are further concerned by the respondent's misuse of the privilege he held as an attorney to maintain an escrow account to shield his personal funds

2026 NY Slip Op 06125, at the official text

The respondent failed to acknowledge the public harm stemming from his actions or to provide evidence of any attempt to address his tax arrears

2026 NY Slip Op 06125, at the official text