Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M40531

S/nal

A. GAIL PRUDENTI, P.J.

ANITA R. FLORIO

HOWARD MILLER

ROBERT W. SCHMIDT

GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, JJ.

2001-09377 In the Matter of Gregory D. Abram, admitted as Gregory Dale Abram, a suspended attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 2091544)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION FOR REINSTATEMENT

Motion by the respondent, Gregory D. Abram, for reinstatement as an attorney and counselor-at-law. The respondent was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Fourth Judicial Department, on January 15, 1987, under the name Gregory Dale Abram. By decision and order of this court dated December 28, 2001, that branch of the Grievance Committee's motion which sought to immediately suspend the respondent from the practice of law was denied, and the matter was referred to John F. Mulholland, Esq., as Special Referee, to hear and report. By opinion and order of this court dated March 24, 2003, the respondent was suspended from the practice of law for a period of two years, commencing April 24, 2003.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in response thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motion is held in abeyance and the matter is referred to the Committee on Character and Fitness to investigate and report on the respondent's current fitness to practice law, including but not limited to: (1) whether he is or has been practicing law since this court's order of suspension based upon certain information contained in his income tax returns; (2) the status of his admission to practice in other jurisdictions, including whether all of the Federal District Courts to which he was admitted ever received notification of his suspension; (3) an explanation of and documentation related to the respondent's apparent reinstatement to the Bar by the United States District Court, Southern District of New York after his reciprocal interim suspension; (4) details and copies of documents related to the respondent's motions to recover unpaid fees; (5) details regarding the termination of the respondent's employment in 2003 with Countrywide Home Loans; and (6) details regarding the respondent's outstanding debts, including but not limited to the balance due to the Internal Revenue Service arising from his 2002 income tax.

PRUDENTI, P.J., FLORIO, MILLER, SCHMIDT and GOLDSTEIN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court