Former Greenberg Traurig partner resigns from bar amid probe into improper expense requests
A founding partner of Greenberg Traurig’s New York City office has resigned from the state bar amid allegations that he took more than $30,000 in improper expense and disbursement requests.
A New York appeals court accepted the resignation of Paul Alter in an Oct. 27 opinion, report the New York Law Journal (sub. req.) and Law360 (sub. req.).
The alleged improper expenses were claimed from late 2008 until 2012. Greenberg Traurig said in a statement issued to Law360 that Alter left the firm in 2012, and the firm cooperated fully in the ethics probe.
“We respect the outcome and his acceptance of responsibility for his actions and wish Paul and his children good health and peace moving forward.” Greenberg Traurig executive chairman Richard Rosenbaum said in the statement. “He and his devoted wife, Jo Ann, now deceased, will always be fondly remembered as early members of the GT family in New York.”
Some of the alleged improper disbursements were charged to the firm and some to its clients, according to the appeals court opinion. Alter has repaid the money.
