Comm. on Prof'l Standards v. Armstrong (In re Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a)

Full title: In the Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468–a…

Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, New York.

Date published: Dec 4, 2014

123 A.D.3d 1218 (N.Y. App. Div. 2014)

123 A.D.3d 1218

2014 N.Y. Slip Op. 8549

Opinion

2014-12-4

In the Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468–a. Committee on Professional Standards, Petitioner; Michael Anthony ARMSTRONG, Respondent.

Monica A. Duffy, Committee on Professional Standards, Albany, for petitioner. Michael Anthony Armstrong, Burlington Township, New Jersey, respondent pro se.

PER CURIAM.

Monica A. Duffy, Committee on Professional Standards, Albany, for petitioner. Michael Anthony Armstrong, Burlington Township, New Jersey, respondent pro se.
Before: GARRY, J.P., EGAN JR., LYNCH and CLARK, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Respondent, who was admitted to practice by this Court in 1993, was suspended by this Court's order dated September 24, 2009 for failure to comply with the attorney registration requirements of Judiciary Law § 468–a (65 A.D.3d 1447, 885 N.Y.S.2d 441 [2009] ).

Respondent now requests reinstatement on the ground that he 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 he is ordered reinstated, effective immediately.

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. GARRY, J.P., EGAN JR., LYNCH and CLARK, JJ., concur.