The New York Appellate Division's 2nd Department last week accepted the resignation of a veteran New York City personal injury attorney who admitted mishandling the funds that a client had received in settling a workers' compensation claim.The case was Matter of Durst, No. 2013-10006.Cirro Rodriguez retained attorney John E. Durst Jr. to represent him in a workers' compensation matter which settled in June 2005.Durst received a payment of $500,000 for the purpose of purchasing an annuity for Rodriguez. This annuity was supposed to provide Rodriguez with a stream of fixed payments o...
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