Steven Pigeon, an attorney and political consultant in Western New York, pleaded guilty on Friday to bribing former state Supreme Court Justice John Michalek in exchange for influence over litigation before the court.

The guilty plea means Pigeon will lose his law license. He entered the plea before Erie County Supreme Court Justice Donald Cerio Jr., admitting to third-degree bribery, a class D felony. He could face up to a year in prison. Pigeon previously worked in Buffalo for the Rochester-based firm Underberg & Kessler.