Opinion
2016-02579
07-07-2021
In the Matter of Abraham Chaim Weiss, a suspended attorney. Attorney Registration No. 4371332
HECTOR D. LASALLE, P.J. WILLIAM F. MASTRO REINALDO E. RIVERA MARK C. DILLON LEONARD B. AUSTIN, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION
Motion by Abraham Chaim Weiss for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Weiss was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on. By opinion and order of this Court dated December 27, 2017, Mr. Weiss was suspended from the practice of law for a period of two years, effective January 26, 2018 (see Matter of Weiss, 157 A.D.3d 87). By decision and order on motion of this Court dated June 26, 2020, Mr. Weiss's motion for reinstatement was held in abeyance and the matter was referred to a Committee on Character and Fitness to investigate and report on his character and fitness to practice law.
Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in relation thereto, and upon the report of the Committee on Character and Fitness and the exhibits annexed thereto, it is
ORDERED that the motion is granted; and it is further, ORDERED that, effective immediately, Abraham Chaim Weiss is reinstated as an attorney and counselor-at-law, and the Clerk of the Court is directed to restore the name of Abraham Chaim Weiss to the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law.
LASALLE, P.J., MASTRO, RIVERA, DILLON, and AUSTIN, JJ., concur.