Opinion
Motion No. 2024-01277 Case No. 2022-02300 OCA Atty. Reg. No. 2131894
07-25-2024
In the Matter of Aaron D. Frishberg (admitted as Aaron David Frishberg), a suspended attorney: Attorney Grievance Committee for the First Judicial Department, Respondent, Aaron D. Frishberg, Petitioner.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
Present - Hon. Dianne T. Renwick, Jeffrey K. Oing Anil C. Singh Peter H. Moulton David Friedman, Presiding Justice, Justices.
An order of this Court having been entered on November 29, 2022 (Motion No. 2022-03770), suspending petitioner (who was admitted, as Aaron David Frishberg, to practice as an attorney and counselor-at-law in the State of New York at a Term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court for the First Judicial Department on May 4, 1987), from the practice of law for a period of six months, effective December 29, 2022, and until further order of this Court, and directing petitioner to participate in the New York City Bar Association's Lawyer Assistance Program for a period of one year, And petitioner, pro se, having moved this Court on April 1, 2024, for an order pursuant to 22 NYCRR 1240.16(a) and (b) reinstating him as an attorney and counselor-at-law in the State of New York, And petitioner having filed an affidavit of compliance sworn to on March 5, 2024, as required by 22 NYCRR 1240.15(f), and having submitted a letter dated September 24, 2023,from Nelson E. Timken, Program Monitor of the Legal Assistance Program of the New York City Bar Association, And the Attorney Grievance Committee, by Jorge Dopico, its Chief Attorney (Gillian C. Gamberdell, of counsel), having submitted an affirmation, dated March 29, 2024,stating, inter alia, that it does not oppose petitioner's reinstatement, Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and due deliberation having been had thereon, it is unanimously,
Ordered that the motion is granted and petitioner Aaron D. Frishberg, admitted as Aaron David Frishberg, is reinstated as an attorney and counselor-at-law in the State of New York, effective the date hereof.