Opinion
2015-04-16
In the Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468–a. Committee on Professional Standards, Petitioner; Martin Foley DOWD, Respondent.
Monica A. Duffy, Committee on Professional Standards, Albany, for petitioner. Martin Foley Dowd, Livingston, New Jersey, respondent pro se.
Monica A. Duffy, Committee on Professional Standards, Albany, for petitioner. Martin Foley Dowd, Livingston, New Jersey, respondent pro se.
Before: LAHTINEN, J.P., McCARTHY, GARRY and LYNCH, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Respondent, who was admitted to practice by this Court in 1985, 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 [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.