In the Matter of C.M. Attorney-at-Law
C.M., a New York lawyer, discovered that his partner had stolen over a half million dollars in escrow funds from the firm's trust account, which he and his partner maintained. C.M. retained Jonathan Marks, P.C. to defend him against charges that he had been negligent in his supervision of the trust account. Mr. Marks immediately advised C.M. to file complaints against his partner with the District Attorney's Office and the Departmental Disciplinary Committee. In 2007, after many months of cooperating with those two agencies, C.M.'s partner was suspended from the practice of law and was arrested while C.M. was completely exonerated.
