On Wednesday, July 3, 2024, the Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department disbarred attorney Daniel Fier.
The case is entitled “In the Matter of Daniel Fier,” with case no. 2024-00021.
The case stemmed from a petition brought forward by the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts against Fier. The petition contained five charges of professional misconduct, including misappropriating client funds from two real estate transactions held in a fiduciary account and failing to satisfy a $103,475 judgment against him. Fier was also charged with neglecting a client’s legal matter and not cooperating with the committee’s investigation into complaints filed against him.
Although served with the petition in December 2023, Fier failed to submit an answer within the required 20 days. In February 2024, the committee filed a motion to deem the charges established based on Fier’s default. Fier did not respond to this motion. The committee also filed a separate motion to immediately suspend Fier, citing misconduct that threatened the public interest. Once again, Fier did not respond.
In its July 3 ruling, the court granted the committee’s motion to deem the charges established. As a result, the court disbarred Fier and removed his name from the attorney registry. Fier was also ordered to comply with rules governing disbarred attorneys.
According to avvo.com, Mr. Fier was a real estate attorney in Ronkonkoma, New York. He attended the Touro College – Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, graduating in 2013. He acquired his law license in New York in 2014.
A copy of the original filing can be found here.
