Opinion
No. 2003-08199.
January 27, 2009.
Motion by the respondent for reinstatement as an attorney and counselor-at-law The respondent was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on June 21, 1972, under the name Edward Joseph Hayward. By decision and order of this Court dated April 5, 2004, the respondent's application for voluntary resignation was accepted and his name was removed from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law.
Jennifer Bumgarner, County Attorney (Roemer Wallens Mineaux, LLP, Albany, N.Y. [Dionne A. Wheatley], of counsel), for appellants-respondents.
Shaw, Perelson, May Lambert, LLP, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (Mark C. Rushfield of counsel), for respondents-appellants.
A. GAIL PRUDENTI, P.J., WILLIAM F. MASTRO, REINALDO E. RIVERA, ROBERT A. SPOLZINO, THOMAS A. DICKERSON, JJ.
Before: Prudenti, P.J., Mastro, Rivera, Spolzino and Dickerson, JJ.
Upon the papers submitted in support of the motion and the papers submitted in relation thereto, it is Ordered that the motion is granted; and it is further, Ordered that, effective immediately, the respondent, Edward J. Hayward, admitted as Edward Joseph Hayward, is reinstated as an attorney and counselor-at-law, subject to payment of registration fees for delinquent periods, and the Clerk of the Court is directed to restore the name of Edward Joseph Hayward to the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law.