'In the Matter of Tracy A. Bloodsaw'

2011 NY Slip Op 05881
IN THE MATTER OF TRACY A. BLOODSAW (ADMITTED AS TRACY ANN BLOODSAW), AN ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR-AT-LAW:DEPARTMENTAL DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT, Petitioner,TRACY A. BLOODSAW, Respondent.
1244, M-1244.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided July 7, 2011.
Jorge Dopico, Chief Counsel, Departmental Disciplinary Committee, New York (Kevin M. Doyle, of counsel), for petitioner.
No appearance for respondent.
Before: Mazzarelli, J.P., Sweeny, DeGrasse, Richter, and Manzanet-Daniels, JJ.

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The Departmental Disciplinary Committee (Committee) now petitions for an order, pursuant to 22 NYCRR 603.4(e)(1)(i) and (iv), immediately suspending respondent from the practice of law until further order of the Court based upon her noncooperation with a Committee investigation and her failure or refusal to pay money owed a client. Although served, respondent has not submitted a response to this motion.

The Committee's motion is based upon two complaints filed against respondent alleging, first, that she failed to return monies owed to a client, including an admitted owed debt which led to an arbitration award in the client's favor, and second, that she mishandled a guardianship by failing to render annual accountings, leaving unexplained the whereabouts of certain guardianship assets, and by failing to explain why her ward's apartment was in a dilapidated, rodent-infested condition when she had claimed an expenditure of more than $50,000 for the apartment's repair and renovation.

We find that respondent's conduct merits immediate suspension from the practice of law.

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