Stella Mednik
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[From article]
The alleged drunk driver who plowed through Herald Square Wednesday night in someone else’s car and sent seven people to the hospital is an ex-immigration lawyer whose license was suspended for professional misconduct, according to court documents.
Stella Mednik, 34, of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, has been hit with a slew of charges including drunk driving, criminal possession of a controlled substance, four counts of serious injury, leaving the accident scene and refusal to take a breath test, sources said.
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But in 2011, a state Supreme Court judge ordered to suspend Mednik’s law license because she mixed her practice and personal funds in the same account and bounced business-related checks, according to court documents.
The judge was unmoved when Mednik tried blaming her business follies on her meds.
“The respondent testified that during the relevant time period, she was emotionally distraught and unstable due to various mental health issues and the medications prescribed to treat her condition,” says the court record.
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Seven people were taken to Bellevue Hospital — five pedestrians including a 14-year-old girl, as well as the driver and her male passenger.
http://nypost.com/2014/12/11/accused-herald-square-drunk-driver-is-immigration-lawyer/
Accused Midtown drunk driver is immigration lawyer
By Dana Sauchelli, Larry Celona, C.J. Sullivan and Ben Feuerherd
New York Post
December 11, 2014 | 1:16pm
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