Opinion
PM–223–22
12-15-2022
In the MATTER OF ATTORNEYS IN VIOLATION OF JUDICIARY LAW § 468-A. Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Petitioner; v. Karline Louisa Lee, Respondent. (Attorney Registration No. 4957072)
Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department. Karline Louisa Lee, Sunrise, Florida, respondent pro se.
Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.
Karline Louisa Lee, Sunrise, Florida, respondent pro se.
Before: Lynch, J.P., Clark, Aarons, Pritzker and Reynolds Fitzgerald, JJ.
DECISION AND ORDER ON MOTION
Motion by respondent for an order reinstating her to the practice of law following her suspension by October 2021 order of this Court ( Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law §468–a, 198 A.D.3d 1068, 1080, 154 N.Y.S.3d 677 [3d Dept. 2021] ; see Rules for Attorney Disciplinary Matters [ 22 NYCRR] § 1240.16 ; Rules of App.Div., 3d Dept. [ 22 NYCRR] § 806.16 ).
Upon reading respondent's affidavit with exhibits sworn to August 31, 2022, the September 30, 2022 responsive correspondence from the Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department and respondent's reply correspondence with exhibit dated October 11, 2022, and having determined, by clear and convincing evidence, that (1) respondent has complied with the order of suspension and the Rules of this Court, (2) respondent has the requisite character and fitness to practice law, and (3) it would be in the public interest to reinstate respondent to the practice of law (see Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law §468–a [Toussaint], 196 A.D.3d 830, 830–831, 146 N.Y.S.3d 861 [3d Dept. 2021] ), it is
Lynch, J.P., Clark, Aarons, Pritzker and Reynolds Fitzgerald, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that respondent's motion for reinstatement is granted; and it is further
ORDERED that respondent is reinstated as an attorney and counselor-at-law, effective immediately.