Opinion
Motion No. 2022-06357 Attorney Registration No. 1894344
10-13-2023
In the Matter of Steven H. Richman, admitted as Steven Howard Richman, a suspended attorney. Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts, petitioner; Steven H. Richman, respondent.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
M291063
HECTOR D. LASALLE, P.J., MARK C. DILLON, COLLEEN D. DUFFY, BETSY BARROS, WILLIAM G. FORD, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION
By decision and order on motion dated June 2, 2023, this Court, inter alia, immediately suspended the respondent from the practice of law pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(f) and 22 NYCRR 1240.12(c)(2)(ii), based on his conviction of a serious crime, directed the respondent to show cause at a hearing pursuant to 22 NYCRR 1240.12(c)(2)(iii) before a Special Referee why a final order of suspension, censure, or disbarment should not be made based on his conviction of a serious crime as defined in Judiciary Law § 90(4)(d), and referred the matter to the Honorable Patricia M. DiMango, to hear and report. The respondent was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on January 18, 1984, under the name Steven Howard Richman.
Now, on the Court's own motion, it is
ORDERED that the Honorable Patricia M. DiMango is relieved as Special Referee in the above-entitled matter; and it is further, ORDERED that the matter is reassigned to the Honorable Arthur J. Cooperman, 110-11 Queens Boulevard, Apt. 10H, Forest Hills, NY 11375, as Special Referee, to hear and report, with the hearing to be completed within 60 days of the date of this decision and order on motion, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and to submit a report, which contains the Special Referee's findings on any mitigating or aggravating factors, and a recommendation as to whether the respondent has demonstrated why a final order of public discipline should not be made, within 60 days after the conclusion of the hearing or the submission of post-hearing memoranda.
LASALLE P.J., DILLON, DUFFY, BARROS and FORD, JJ., concur.