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

Matter of Attorneys In Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a (Fierro) 2014 NY Slip Op 03006 Decided on May 1, 2014 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: May 1, 2014

[*1]In the Matter of ATTORNEYS IN

VIOLATION OF JUDICIARY LAW

§ 468-a.
COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL

STANDARDS, ON MOTION

Petitioner;


and

SCOTT NICHOLAS FIERRO,

Respondent.
(Attorney Registration No. 4077806)

Calendar Date: April 1, 2014
Before: Peters, P.J., Lahtinen, Stein and McCarthy, JJ.

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

Scott Nicholas Fierro, Elmira, respondent pro se.
Per Curiam.

Respondent, who was admitted to practice by this Court in 2002, was suspended by this Court's order dated January 30, 2014 for failure to comply with the attorney registration requirements of Judiciary Law § 468-a (113 AD3d 1020 [2014]).

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., Lahtinen, Stein and McCarthy, 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.