Opinion
Attorney Registration No. 2487874
08-18-2011
In the Matter of ATTORNEYS IN VIOLATION OF JUDICIARY LAW § 468-a. COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, ON MOTION Petitioner; v. STEPHEN LESLIE JACQUES, Respondent.
Peter M. Torncello, Committee on Professional Standards, Albany, for petitioner. Stephen Leslie Jacques, Cheshire, Connecticut.
Before: , J.P., Peters, Spain, Rose and Lahtinen, JJ.
Peter M. Torncello, Committee on Professional Standards, Albany, for petitioner.
Stephen Leslie Jacques, Cheshire, Connecticut.
Respondent, who was admitted to practice by this Court in 1992, 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 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.
Mercure, J.P., Peters, Spain, Rose and Lahtinen, 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.