Comm. on Prof'l Standards v. McDowell (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: Sep 12, 2013

109 A.D.3d 1020 (N.Y. App. Div. 2013)

971 N.Y.S.2d 219

2013 N.Y. Slip Op. 5850

Opinion

2013-09-12

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

Michael G. Gaynor, Acting Chief Attorney, Committee on Professional Standards, Albany, for petitioner. Matthew M. McDowell, Cranbury, New Jersey, respondent pro se.

PER CURIAM.

Michael G. Gaynor, Acting Chief Attorney, Committee on Professional Standards, Albany, for petitioner. Matthew M. McDowell, Cranbury, New Jersey, respondent pro se.
Before: PETERS, P.J., ROSE, LAHTINEN and STEIN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Respondent, who was admitted to practice by this Court in 1999, was suspended by this Court's order dated September 24, 2009 for failure to comply with the attorney registration requirements of Judiciary Law § 468–a(65 A.D.3d 1447, 885 N.Y.S.2d 441 [2009] ).

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., ROSE, LAHTINEN and STEIN, JJ., concur.