Comm. on Prof'l Standards v. Bravo (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: Oct 16, 2014

121 A.D.3d 1275 (N.Y. App. Div. 2014)

993 N.Y.S.2d 639

2014 N.Y. Slip Op. 7054

Opinion

10-16-2014

In the Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468–a. Committee on Professional Standards, Petitioner; Edilberto Buenaventura BRAVO, Respondent.

Monica A. Duffy, Committee on Professional Standards, Albany, for petitioner. Edilberto Buenaventura Bravo, Makati City, Philippines, respondent pro se.

PER CURIAM.

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

Edilberto Buenaventura Bravo, Makati City, Philippines, respondent pro se.

Before: PETERS, P.J., LAHTINEN, STEIN, McCARTHY and GARRY, JJ.

Opinion

PER CURIAM.Respondent, who was admitted to practice by this Court in 1987, 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.

PETERS, P.J., LAHTINEN, STEIN, McCARTHY and GARRY, JJ., concur.