In re Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-A. Comm. on Prof'l Standards

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: Apr 9, 2015

127 A.D.3d 1405 (N.Y. App. Div. 2015)

127 A.D.3d 1405

2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 3025

Opinion

04-09-2015

In the Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468–a. Committee on Professional Standards, Petitioner; Patricia A. DEMPSEY, Respondent.

Monica A. Duffy, Committee on Professional Standards, Albany, for petitioner. Patricia A. Dempsey, Sayville, respondent pro se.

PER CURIAM.

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

Patricia A. Dempsey, Sayville, respondent pro se.

Before: LAHTINEN, J.P., McCARTHY, GARRY and ROSE, JJ.

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Respondent, who was admitted to practice by this Court in 1992, 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 she 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 she is ordered reinstated, effective immediately.

ORDERED that respondent's application is granted; and it is furtherORDERED that respondent is reinstated as an attorney and counselor-at-law in the State of New York, effective immediately.

LAHTINEN, J.P., McCARTHY, GARRY and ROSE, JJ., concur.