Comm. on Prof'l Standards v. Sheehan (In re Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a)

Full title: In the Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law 468–a. Committee…

Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, New York.

Date published: Oct 16, 2014

121 A.D.3d 1278 (N.Y. App. Div. 2014)

2014 N.Y. Slip Op. 7059

993 N.Y.S.2d 641

Opinion

10-16-2014

In the Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law 468–a. Committee on Professional Standards, Petitioner; Daniel Peter SHEEHAN, Respondent.

Monica A. Duffy, Committee on Professional Standards, Albany, for petitioner. Daniel Peter Sheehan, La Selva Beach, California, respondent pro se.

PER CURIAM.

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

Daniel Peter Sheehan, La Selva Beach, California, 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 1971, 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., LAHTINEN, STEIN, McCARTHY and GARRY, JJ., concur.