Opinion
Motion No: 2008-00341 Attorney Registration No. 2327583 M132917
02-08-2012
In the Matter of Alexei M. Schacht, admitted as Alexei Marc Schacht, a suspended attorney.
, A.P.J.
REINALDO E. RIVERA
PETER B. SKELOS
MARK C. DILLON
THOMAS A. DICKERSON, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION FOR REINSTATEMENT
Motion by Alexei M. Schacht for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Schacht was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department on January 22, 1990, under the name Alexei Marc Schacht. By decision and order on application dated February 29, 2008, the Grievance Committee for the Second and Eleventh and Thirteenth Judicial Districts was authorized to institute and prosecute a disciplinary proceeding against Mr. Schacht and the issues raised were referred to the Honorable Vincent Pizzuto, as Special Referee to hear and report. By decision and order on application dated July 2, 2008, the Court denied Mr. Schacht's motion, inter alia, pursuant to 22 NYCRR 691.4(m) to stay the hearing before the Special Referee and direct the respondent to complete a monitoring program sponsored by a lawyer's assistance program approved by the Court, or to approve the formal monitoring program sponsored by the New York City Lawyer Assistance Program as a qualifying monitoring program. By decision and order on motion dated February 9, 2010, the Honorable Vincent Pizzuto was relieved as Special Referee and the matter was re- assigned to John P. Clarke, as Special Referee to hear and report. By opinion and order dated December 17, 2010, this Court suspended Mr. Schacht from the practice of law for a period of one year, commencing January 27, 2011, based on five charges of professional misconduct (see Matter of Schacht, 80 AD3d 157).
Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in relation thereto, it is
ORDERED that the motion is held in abeyance and the matter is referred to the Committee on Character and Fitness to investigate and report on the current fitness of Alexei M. Schacht, admitted as Alexei Marc Schacht, to be an attorney and counselor-at-law.
MASTRO, A.P.J., RIVERA, SKELOS, DILLON and DICKERSON, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Aprilanne Agostino
Clerk of the Court