Comm. on Prof'l Standards v. Adebayo (In re Attorneys in Violation)

Full title: In the Matter of ATTORNEYS IN VIOLATION OF JUDICIARY LAW § 468-a…

Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Date published: Feb 19, 2015

1 N.Y.S.3d 871 (N.Y. App. Div. 2015)

2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 1518

Opinion

Attorney Registration No. 2617330

02-19-2015

In the Matter of ATTORNEYS IN VIOLATION OF JUDICIARY LAW § 468-a. COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, ON MOTION Petitioner; v. ODESSA O. ADEBAYO, Respondent.

Monica A. Duffy, Committee on Professional Standards, Albany, for petitioner. Odessa O. Adebayo, Mitchellville, Maryland, respondent pro se.

Per Curiam

Before: Lahtinen, J.P., McCarthy, Garry and Rose, JJ.

Monica A. Duffy, Committee on Professional Standards, Albany, for petitioner.

Odessa O. Adebayo, Mitchellville, Maryland, respondent pro se.

Per Curiam

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

Respondent, who was admitted to practice by this Court in 1994, was suspended by this Court's order dated June 7, 1999 for failure to comply with the attorney registration requirements of Judiciary Law § 468-a (262 AD2d 702 [1999]).

Respondent now requests reinstatement on the ground that she has complied with the attorney registration requirements of Judiciary Law § 468-a and the Rules of the Chief Administrator of the Courts (see 22 NYCRR part 118). Petitioner does not object to respondent's application.

Respondent's application is granted and she is ordered reinstated, effective immediately.

Lahtinen, J.P., McCarthy, Garry and Rose, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that respondent's application is granted; and it is further

ORDERED that respondent is reinstated as an attorney and counselor-at-law in the State of New York, effective immediately.