Order of disbarment entered. Memorandum: Respondent’s unexcused failure to appear or answer the petition constitutes a default (see Matter of Wedlock, 230 AD2d 422 [1997]; see also Matter of Frank, 9 AD3d 916 [2004]; Matter of Cary, 7 AD3d 24 [2004]; Matter of Gaesser, 6 AD3d 1246 [2004]). Present—Pigott, Jr., P.J., Hurlbutt, Kehoe, Martoche and Smith, JJ.