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Respondent Olga Sorkin, admitted to practice in New York in 1993, was charged in a multicount indictment, including restraint of trade, enterprise corruption, commercial bribery, and offering a false instrument for filing. These charges stemmed from her involvement with other attorneys in bribing hospital workers for medical records to identify potential personal injury lawsuit candidates, subsequently splitting earnings from insurance claims. In May 2005, Sorkin pleaded guilty in Supreme Court, New York County, to first-degree offering a false instrument for filing, a felony, and was sentenced to five years probation and ordered to pay $50,000 in restitution. Her firm, Olga Sorkin, P.C., also entered a guilty plea for the same charge. The Departmental Disciplinary Committee sought her disbarment based on this felony conviction, a request she did not oppose. Consequently, her name was stricken from the roll of attorneys in New York, effective nunc pro tunc to May 19, 2005.
In re Sorkin is a workers' compensation case decided in Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. This case addresses legal issues related to compensation claims, benefits, and court rulings.
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Respondent Olga Sorkin, admitted to practice in New York in 1993, was charged in a multicount indictment, including restraint of trade, enterprise corruption, commercial bribery, and offering a false instrument for filing. These charges stemmed from her involvement with other attorneys in bribing hospital workers for medical records to identify potential personal injury lawsuit candidates, subsequently splitting earnings from insurance claims. In May 2005, Sorkin pleaded guilty in Supreme Court, New York County, to first-degree offering a false instrument for filing, a felony, and was sentenced to five years probation and ordered to pay $50,000 in restitution. Her firm, Olga Sorkin, P.C., also entered a guilty plea for the same charge. The Departmental Disciplinary Committee sought her disbarment based on this felony conviction, a request she did not oppose. Consequently, her name was stricken from the roll of attorneys in New York, effective nunc pro tunc to May 19, 2005.
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