Opinion
2009–07201
07-03-2019
In the MATTER OF Edmond S. BEROOKHIM, a disbarred attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 3013554)
DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION Motion by Edmond S. Berookhim for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Berookhim was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on December 15, 1999. By opinion and order of this Court dated March 2, 2010, Mr. Berookhim was disbarred, effective immediately, upon his conviction of a felony, and his name was stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law (see Matter of Berookhim , 72 A.D.3d 280, 894 N.Y.S.2d 894 ). By decision and order on motion of this Court dated December 18, 2017, Mr. Berookhim's motion for reinstatement was held in abeyance and the matter was referred to the Committee on Character and Fitness to investigate and report on his character and fitness to practice law.
Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in relation thereto, and upon the report of the Committee on Character and Fitness and the exhibits annexed thereto, it is
ORDERED that the motion is granted; and it is further,
ORDERED that, effective immediately, Edmond S. Berookhim is reinstated as an attorney and counselor-at-law, and the Clerk of the Court is directed to restore the name of Edmond S. Berookhim to the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law.
SCHEINKMAN, P.J., MASTRO, RIVERA, DILLON and LASALLE, JJ., concur.