Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a (Martinez)

Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a (Martinez) 2015 NY Slip Op 01519 Decided on February 19, 2015 Appellate Division, Third Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided and Entered: February 19, 2015

[*1]In the Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a. COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, ON MOTION Petitioner;

and

JORGE O. MARTINEZ, Respondent. (Attorney Registration No. 2009066)

Calendar Date: February 9, 2015
Before: McCarthy, J.P., Garry, Egan Jr. and Clark, JJ.

Monica A. Duffy, Committee on Professional Standards, Albany, for petitioner.

Jorge O. Martinez, Fairfield, Connecticut, respondent pro se.

Per Curiam

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

Respondent, who was admitted to practice by this Court in 1985, was suspended by this Court's order dated September 24, 2009 for failure to comply with the attorney registration requirements of Judiciary Law § 468-a (65 AD3d 1447 [2009]).

Respondent now requests reinstatement on the ground that he has complied with the attorney registration requirements of Judiciary Law § 468-a and the Rules of the Chief Administrator of

the Courts (see 22 NYCRR part 118). Petitioner does not object to respondent's application.

Respondent's application is granted and he is ordered reinstated, effective immediately.

McCarthy, J.P., Garry, Egan Jr. and Clark, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that respondent's application is granted; and it is further

ORDERED that respondent is reinstated as an attorney and counselor-at-law in the State of New York, effective immediately.