Putting an end to some unusual legal wrangling, the Appellate Division, First Department, on March 6 granted former Winston & Strawn partner Jonathan Bristol’s wish, allowing the confessed felon to remove his name from the rolls of those licensed to practice in New York.
The panel in Matter of Bristol, 3306, comes some six months after Mr. Bristol moved to give up his law license by filing an affidavit of resignation with the First Department. That request came about four months after Mr. Bristol pleaded guilty in Southern District federal court to conspiracy to commit money laundering (NYLJ, May 3, 2011). In entering the plea, Mr. Bristol acknowledged allowing his attorney escrow accounts to be used by financial adviser Kenneth Starr to transfer nearly $19 million in stolen client funds.
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