Comm. on Prof'l Standards v. Chao

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: Jun 25, 2015

2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 5564 (N.Y. App. Div. 2015)

Opinion

Attorney Registration No. 3966934

06-25-2015

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

Monica A. Duffy, Committee on Professional Standards, Albany, for petitioner. Yijun Chao, Bejing, China, respondent pro se.

Per Curiam

Before: Lahtinen, J.P., Egan Jr., Rose and Devine, JJ.

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

Yijun Chao, Bejing, China, respondent pro se.

Per Curiam

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

Respondent, who was admitted to practice by this Court in 2001, 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 AD3d 1020 [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.

Lahtinen, J.P., Egan Jr., Rose and Devine, 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.