Matter of Fontana; Grievance Committee for the Second and
Motion No: 2005-01343
Slip Opinion No: 2006 NYSlipOp 83047(U)
Decided on December 28, 2006
Appellate Division, Second Department, Motion Decision
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports.


Supreme Court of the State of New York

Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M48796

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A. GAIL PRUDENTI, P.J.

ANITA R. FLORIO

HOWARD MILLER

ROBERT W. SCHMIDT

WILLIAM F. MASTRO, JJ.

2005-01343

In the Matter of Dominick J. Fontana,

a suspended attorney.

Grievance Committee for the Second and

Eleventh Judicial Districts, petitioner;

Dominick J. Fontana, respondent.

(Attorney Registration No. 1843465)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by the respondent (1) to vacate an opinion and order of this court dated June 20, 2006, suspending him for a period of six months, commencing July 31, 2006, based upon his failure to cooperate with the Grievance Committee's investigation and his failure to re-register with the Office of Court Administration, (2) for leave to submit opposition papers to the Grievance Committee's motion to confirm in part and to disaffirm in part the Special Referee's report, and (3) to immediately stay his six-month suspension, pending a hearing and determination of the current motion.

Upon the papers submitted in support of the motion and the papers submitted in opposition thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motion is denied in its entirety.

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

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court