Matter of Attorneys In Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a. (McLaughlin)

Matter of Attorneys In Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a. (McLaughlin) 2013 NY Slip Op 06421 Decided on October 3, 2013 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: October 3, 2013

[*1]In the Matter of ATTORNEYS IN

VIOLATION OF JUDICIARY LAW

§ 468-a.
COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL

STANDARDS, ON MOTION

Petitioner;


and

MICHAEL A. McLAUGHLIN,

Respondent.
(Attorney Registration No. 2994325)

Calendar Date: August 27, 2013
Before: Peters, P.J., Rose, Lahtinen and Stein, JJ.

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

Michael A. McLaughlin, Lincoln Park, New Jersey, respondent pro se.
Per Curiam.

Respondent, who was admitted to practice by this Court in 1999, 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.

Peters, P.J., Rose, Lahtinen and Stein, JJ., concur. [*2]

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.