In re Troodler

• Citation: 63 N.Y.S.3d 97,156 A.D.3d 40
• Parties: In the Matter of Nachman Aaron TROODLER, an attorney and counselor-at-law. Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial District, petitioner; Nachman Aaron Troodler, respondent.
• Decision Date: 01 November 2017
• Court: New York Supreme Court Appellate Division

156 A.D.3d 40
63 N.Y.S.3d 97

In the Matter of Nachman Aaron TROODLER, an attorney and counselor-at-law.

Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial District, petitioner;

Nachman Aaron Troodler, respondent.

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.

Nov. 1, 2017.

63 N.Y.S.3d 97

Gary L. Casella, White Plains, NY (Faith Lorenzo of counsel), for petitioner.

Sarah Diane McShea, New York, NY, for respondent.

63 N.Y.S.3d 98

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J., WILLIAM F. MASTRO, REINALDO E. RIVERA, MARK C. DILLON, and JOSEPH J. MALTESE, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

On March 7, 2017, the respondent pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, before the Honorable Cathy Seibel, to the following offenses: conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371, and securities fraud in violation of 15 U.S.C. §§ 78j(b) and 78ff, 17 C.F.R. § 240.10b–5, and 18 U.S.C. § 2. At the plea proceeding, the respondent admitted, among other things, that from in or about 2008 to June 2015, he served both as the executive director of the Ramapo Local Development Corporation (hereinafter the RLDC), and as an Assistant Town Attorney for the Town of Ramapo, New York. Christopher St. Lawrence was the elected supervisor of the Town and the president of the RLDC. The RLDC built a minor league baseball facility and a 132–unit condominium complex known as Ramapo Commons. From in or about February 2013 to in or about June 2015, St. Lawrence and the respondent were part of a group that defrauded investors concerning municipal bonds issued by the Town and the RLDC by making false statements and by omitting material facts about both the RLDC's liquidity and the respondent's certifications of the official statements relating to RLDC's bond offering.

The respondent's counsel timely notified this Court of the respondent's convictions, as required by Judiciary Law § 90(4)(c).

The Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial District now moves to strike the respondent's name from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(b) based upon his conviction of a felony.

Pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(a), "[a]ny person being an...