Opinion
PM-103-21
08-05-2021
In the Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a. Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Petitioner; Norman Anthony Roberts II, Respondent. Attorney Registration No. 2833945.
Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department. Norman Anthony Roberts II, Fairfield, Connecticut, respondent pro se.
Calendar Date: June 21, 2021
Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.
Norman Anthony Roberts II, Fairfield, Connecticut, respondent pro se.
Before: Garry, P.J., Clark, Aarons, Pritzker and Reynolds Fitzgerald, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Respondent was admitted to practice by this Court in 1997 and is also admitted in Connecticut, where he resides and maintains a law practice. Respondent was suspended from the practice of law in New York by May 2019 order of this Court for conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice arising from his noncompliance with the attorney registration requirements of Judiciary Law § 468-a and Rules of the Chief Administrator of the Courts (22 NYCRR) § 118.1 from 2015 onward (Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a , 172 A.D.3d 1706, 1749 [2019]; see Judiciary Law § 468-a [5]; Rules of Professional Conduct [22 NYCRR 1200.0] rule 8.4 [d]). Upon curing his registration delinquency in November 2019, respondent has now moved, by application marked returnable on June 21, 2021, for his reinstatement. The Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department (hereinafter AGC) opposes the motion by correspondence from its Chief Attorney.
Finding no open claims, the Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection advises that it does not oppose respondent's reinstatement application.
The records of the Office of Court Administration indicate that, despite previously curing his attorney registration delinquency, respondent has once again fallen delinquent, having failed to timely register for the current biennial period beginning in February 2021 (see Rules of the Chief Admin of Cts [22 NYCRR] § 118.1 [c]). Respondent therefore cannot establish his entitlement to reinstatement and his motion must be denied (see Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a [Kabasinga], 152 A.D.3d 952, 953 [2017]; Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a [Ostroskey], 151 A.D.3d 1377, 1378 [2017]; Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a [Harris], 151 A.D.3d 1373, 1374 [2017]).
Garry, P.J., Clark, Aarons, Pritzker and Reynolds Fitzgerald, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that respondent's motion is denied.