Opinion
2011-06326 Attorney Registration No. 4170817 M155411
04-26-2013
In the Matter of Michael Spriel, a disbarred attorney.
, P.J.
WILLIAM F. MASTRO
REINALDO E. RIVERA
PETER B. SKELOS
MARK C. DILLON, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION
Motion by the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts to amend an opinion and order of this Court dated January 30, 2013, which disbarred Michael Sprei, effective immediately, upon his resignation. Application by Michael Sprei to amend the opinion and order dated January 30, 2013, so that his disbarment is effective, nunc pro tunc, to January 6, 2012, the date of his interim suspension, or June 8, 2012, the date he tendered his affidavit of resignation.
Mr. Sprei was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on November 19, 2003. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated January 6, 2012, inter alia, Mr. Sprei was suspended from the practice of law, pursuant to 22 NYCRR 691.4(l)(1)(ii) and (iii), and the Grievance Committee was authorized to institute and prosecute a disciplinary proceeding against him based on a petition dated July 7, 2011. Thereafter, Mr. Sprei submitted an affidavit of resignation with a request that his resignation be accepted and that his name be stricken from the roll of attorneys, nunc pro tunc, to the date he received the notice of interim suspension, i.e., January 12, 2012. By opinion and order dated January 30, 2013, this Court accepted the resignation, disbarred Mr. Sprei, effectively immediately, and denied his application that his resignation be effective, nunc pro tunc, to January 12, 2012.
Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in opposition thereto, and upon the papers filed in support of the application it is
ORDERED that the motion is granted and the opinion and order dated January 30, 2012, is amended by deleting from the fourth paragraph on page two thereof the words "the request that his name be stricken nunc pro tunc, and"; and it is further,
ORDERED that the application is denied.
ENG, P.J., MASTRO, RIVERA, SKELOS and DILLON, JJ. ,concur.
ENTER:
Aprilanne Agostino
Clerk of the Court