In re Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-A. Comm. on Prof'l Standards

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: Jan 15, 2015

124 A.D.3d 1062 (N.Y. App. Div. 2015)

2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 437

997 N.Y.S.2d 922

Opinion

01-15-2015

In the Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468–a. Committee on Professional Standards, Petitioner; Matthew John WARNER, Respondent.

Monica A. Duffy, Committee on Professional Standards, Albany, for petitioner. Matthew John Warner, Wayne, New Jersey, respondent pro se.

PER CURIAM.

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

Matthew John Warner, Wayne, New Jersey, respondent pro se.

Before: LAHTINEN, J.P., GARRY, ROSE and CLARK, JJ.

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Respondent, who was admitted to practice by this Court in 2003, was suspended by this Court's order dated January 30, 2014 for failure to comply with the attorney registration requirements of Judiciary Law § 468–a (113 A.D.3d 1020, 979 N.Y.S.2d 548 [2014] ).

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.

LAHTINEN, J.P., GARRY, ROSE and CLARK, JJ., concur.