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2015 New York Laws
JUD - Judiciary
Article 15 - (Judiciary) ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS
487 - Misconduct by attorneys.

NY Jud L § 487 (2015) What's This?
 487. Misconduct by attorneys. An attorney or counselor who:

1.  Is guilty of any deceit or collusion, or consents to any deceit or
  collusion, with intent to deceive the court or any party; or,

2. Wilfully delays his client's suit with a view to his own gain;  or,
  wilfully  receives any money or allowance for or on account of any money
  which he has not laid out, or becomes answerable for,

Is guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  in  addition  to  the  punishment
  prescribed  therefor  by the penal law, he forfeits to the party injured
  treble damages, to be recovered in a civil action.

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