The law license of an attorney who was once a town court justice on Long Island was suspended for two years Wednesday for her inappropriate involvement in the financial affairs of a woman suffering from dementia. Katherine Pope had engaged in "illegal conduct that adversely reflects on her honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer," a panel of the Appellate Division, Second Department, found.
The court in Matter of Katherine Z. Pope, 2012-01795, noted that Pope, who was admitted to the New York bar in 1988, asked the court for leniency based on her pro bono work and on her involvement in civic affairs. She had been suspended as an attorney since May 2012. Justices Randall Eng (See Profile), William Mastro (See Profile), Reinaldo Rivera (See Profile), Peter Skelos (See Profile) and Thomas Dickerson (See Profile) concurred in the suspension.
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