Matter of Novel

Matter of Novel 2014 NY Slip Op 07420 Decided on October 30, 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: October 30, 2014

[*1]In the Matter of SUR G. NOVEL, a Suspended Attorney. COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, Petitioner; SUR G. NOVEL, Respondent. (Attorney Registration No. 4018339)

Calendar Date: August 25, 2014
Before: Lahtinen, J.P., Stein, McCarthy, Rose and Devine, JJ.

Monica A. Duffy, Committee on Professional Standards, Albany (Jevon L. Garrett of counsel), for petitioner.

Sur G. Novel, Bangkok, Thailand, respondent pro se.

Per Curiam

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

Respondent was admitted to practice by this Court in 2002. He resides in Thailand.

By decision dated June 27, 2013, this Court suspended respondent from the practice of law for a period of six months (Matter of Novel, 107 AD3d 1377 [2013]). He now applies for reinstatement. Petitioner opposes the application.

Because we conclude that respondent has not made the showing required by our rules for reinstatement (see Rules of App Div, 3d Dept [22 NYCRR] § 806.12 [b] [i]), we deny the application. We also deny respondent's request for a waiver of the requirement that an applicant for reinstatement must have taken and attained a passing score on the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination subsequent to the entry of the suspension order (see Rules of App Div, 3d Dept [22 NYCRR] § 806.12 [b] [ii]).

Lahtinen, J.P., Stein, McCarthy, Rose and Devine, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that respondent's application for reinstatement is denied.