Opinion
PM-01-23
01-12-2023
In the Matter of Jeffrey T. Canale, Now Known as Jeffrey T. Lacroix, an Attorney. Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Petitioner; Jeffrey T. Canale, Now Known as Jeffrey T. Lacroix, Respondent. (Attorney Registration No. 1896992.)
Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany (Anna E. Remet, of counsel), for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department. Gregory V. Canale, Queensbury, for respondent.
Calendar Date: August 29, 2022
Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany (Anna E. Remet, of counsel), for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.
Gregory V. Canale, Queensbury, for respondent.
Before: Egan Jr., J.P., Lynch, Aarons, Reynolds Fitzgerald and Fisher, JJ.
Motion by respondent to terminate certain conditions of this Court's June 28, 2018 order reinstating him to the practice of law (162 A.D.3d 1455 [2018]), as modified by this Court's order of August 8, 2019 (175 A.D.3d 804 [2019]).
Upon review of the papers filed in support of the motion, and the correspondence filed by the Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department in response, it is
ORDERED that respondent's motion is granted; and it is further
ORDERED that the second decretal paragraph of our June 28, 2018 order reinstating respondent to the practice of law, as previously modified by this Court's August 8, 2019 order, is hereby modified to read as follows: "ORDERED that respondent's reinstatement to the practice of law shall be conditioned upon the following requirements: (1) respondent shall maintain his sobriety; respondent is permitted to engage in any course of medical treatment under the supervision of a licensed physician, in conformance with the laws of his home jurisdiction and with the approval of Florida Lawyer's Assistance, Inc. concerning his continuing participation in his current attorney monitoring program, and his engagement in such treatment shall not violate this condition; and (2) respondent shall not consume alcohol of any kind or amount."
Egan Jr., J.P., Lynch, Aarons, Reynolds Fitzgerald and Fisher, JJ., concur.