Matter of 468-a (Haffner)

Matter of 468-a (Haffner) 2016 NY Slip Op 01036 Decided on February 11, 2016 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 11, 2016

[*1]In the Matter of ATTORNEYS IN VIOLATION OF JUDICIARY LAW § 468-a. COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL S, ON MOTION Petitioner;

and

THOMAS E. HAFFNER, Respondent. (Attorney Registration No. 2247369)

Calendar Date: October 26, 2015
Before: Lahtinen, J.P., Garry, Lynch and Devine, JJ.

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

Thomas E. Haffner, Schenectady, respondent pro se.

Per Curiam

MEMORANDUM AND ORDERSTANDARD

Respondent, who was admitted to practice by this Court in 1989, 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.

Lahtinen, J.P., Garry, Lynch and Devine, 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.