Neil Stuart Spector, a suspended attorney. Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, petitioner; Neil Stuart Spector, res

MATTER of Neil Stuart Spector, a suspended attorney. Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, petitioner; Neil Stuart Spector, res — (Attorney Registration No. 1937424) — Motion by the Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District (1) for leave to file a supplemental verified petition dated June 26, 2013, containing five additional charges of professional misconduct, (2) to direct the respondent to submit a written answer to the supplemental verified petition within 20 days, and (3) to refer the issues raised by the supplemental verified petition, and any answer thereto, to the Honorable Lewis L. Douglass, who previously was designated as Special Referee, to hear and report. Separate motion by the Grievance Committee (1) to adjudicate the respondent in default, based upon his failure to answer a verified petition dated January 31, 2013, (2) to deem to the charges against the respondent established, and (3) to impose such discipline upon the respondent as this Court may deem appropriate. The respondent was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, on July 30, 1984. By decision and of this Court dated May 13, 2013, the respondent was suspended from the practice of law pursuant to 22 NYCRR 691.4(l)(1)(i), based upon his failure to cooperate with the lawful demands of the Grievance Committee, a disciplinary proceeding was authorized against the respondent based upon two charges of professional misconduct contained in a verified petition dated January 31, 2013, the issues raised by the petition, and any answer thereto, were referred to the Honorable Lewis L. Douglass, as Special Referee, to hear and report, and the respondent was directed to serve an answer to the verified petition within 20 days of service of the Court's decision and upon him. By decision and dated July 11, 2013, as amended, the Court, on its own motion, appointed Robert P. Guido, Special Counsel for Grievance Matters, as inventory attorney, to take control of the respondent's files and records.