A prominent criminal defense attorney's son who posed as a lawyer was sentenced Monday in Manhattan Supreme Court. Terence Kindlon Jr., 43, was given a 1 1/2-to-three-year term after pleading guilty in May to two Class E felonies: offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree and third-degree attempted grand larceny. Kindlon's father is Terence L. Kindlon of Kindlon Shanks & Associates in Albany. Kindlon Jr. passed the bar exam last year but was not admitted.
According to the indictment and statements made at Kindlon's January arraignment, he filed a notice of appearance and then twice appeared in court on behalf of a defendant. Kindlon's acts were noticed when another lawyer, J. David O'Brien, received a notice of appearance that listed both him and Kindlon as the defendant's attorney. The notice was signed by Kindlon but O'Brien had not heard of him (NYLJ, Jan. 30).
