Opinion
Attorney Registration No. 2682821
05-31-2012
In the Matter of ATTORNEYS IN VIOLATION OF JUDICIARY LAW § 468-a. COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, ON MOTION Petitioner; v. SAMUEL J. STOIA, Respondent.
Peter M. Torncello, Committee on Professional Standards, Albany, for petitioner. Samuel J. Stoia, Jersey City, New Jersey, respondent pro se.
Before: , P.J., Mercure, Rose, Lahtinen and Spain, JJ.
Peter M. Torncello, Committee on Professional Standards, Albany, for petitioner.
Samuel J. Stoia, Jersey City, New Jersey, respondent pro se.
Per Curiam.
DECISION AND ORDER
Respondent, who was admitted to practice by this Court in 1995, was suspended by this Court's order dated October 25, 2007 for failure to comply with the attorney registration requirements of Judiciary Law § 468-a (44 AD2d 1246 [2007]).
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.
Peters, P.J., Mercure, Rose, Lahtinen and Spain, JJ.,
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.