Opinion
2021-71034 Motion 2021-01186
09-02-2021
In the Matter of Andres M. Aranda, (Admitted as Andres Manuel Aranda), (OCA Atty. Reg. No. 1074327), a suspended attorney: Petitioner, For Reinstatement to the Bar of the State of New York, Attorney Grievance Committee for the First Judicial Department, Respondent, Case No. 2005-00017
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
Present - Hon. Dianne T. Renwick, Sallie Manzanet-Daniels Anil C. Singh Peter H. Moulton Lizbeth González, Justice Presiding, Justices.
An order of this Court having been entered on February 18, 2016 (M-4332) suspending petitioner (who, as Andres Manuel Aranda, was admitted to practice as an attorney and counselor-at-law in the State of New York at a Term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court for the Second Judicial Department on February 28, 1979) from the practice of law in the State of New York, for a period of eighteen months, nunc pro tunc to May 15, 2015, and until further order of this Court, pursuant to the doctrine of reciprocal discipline, predicated upon similar discipline imposed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit filed on May 15, 2015, as amended on May 22, 2015, And petitioner having moved this Court on July 19, 2021, for an order pursuant to 22 NYCRR 1240.16(a) and (b), reinstating him as an attorney and counselor-at-law in the State of New York, And the Attorney Grievance Committee, by Jorge Dopico, its Chief Attorney (Jun H. Lee, of counsel), having submitted an affirmation, dated July 8, 2021, stating, inter alia, that it does not oppose petitioner's reinstatement to the practice of law, And the Lawyer's Fund for Client Protection having submitted a letter, dated June 17, 2021, stating it has no objection to the relief sought, Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and due deliberation having been had thereon, it is unanimously, Ordered that the motion is granted, and petitioner is reinstated as an attorney and counselor-at-law in the State of New York, effective the date hereof.