Opinion
2016-07640 (Attorney Registration 2897262)
07-28-2021
In the Matter of Joseph Richard Costello, a suspended attorney. Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts, petitioner; Joseph Richard Costello, respondent.
HECTOR D. LASALLE, P.J., WILLIAM F. MASTRO, MARK C. DILLON, CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, LEONARD B. AUSTIN, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER
Motion by Joseph Richard Costello for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Costello was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on June 30, 1998. By opinion and order of this Court dated June 5, 2019, Mr. Costello was suspended from the practice of law for a period of six months, effective July 5, 2019 (Matter of Costello, 174 A.D.3d 55 ). Mr. Costello's first motion for reinstatement was denied by decision and order on motion of this Court dated October 20, 2020, with leave to renew.
Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in relation thereto, it is
ORDERED that the motion is granted; and it is further, ORDERED that, effective immediately, Joseph Richard Costello is reinstated as an attorney and counselor-at-law, and the Clerk of the Court is directed to restore the name of Joseph Richard Costello to the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law.
LASALLE, P.J., MASTRO, DILLON, CHAMBERS, and AUSTIN, JJ., concur.