Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M49180

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A. GAIL PRUDENTI, P.J.

ROBERT W. SCHMIDT

STEPHEN G. CRANE

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA, JJ.

1994-02019 In the Matter of Edward L. Howlette, Sr., admitted as Edward Lee Howlette, a disbarred attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 1008846)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION FOR REINSTATEMENT

Motion by the respondent, Edward L. Howlette, Sr., 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 Second Judicial Department on September 7, 1977, under the name Edward Lee Howlette. By opinion and order of this court dated May 31, 1994, the respondent was disbarred upon his resignation from the practice of law. By decision and order of this court dated March 7, 2002, his first application for reinstatement to the Bar of the State of New York was denied on the ground that he did not demonstrate the requisite fitness and character to practice law. By decision and order of this court dated January 19, 2006, the respondent's motion for reinstatement was held in abeyance and the matter referred to the Committee on Character and Fitness to investigate and report on the respondent's current fitness to be an attorney.

Upon the report of the Committee on Character and Fitness and the exhibits annexed thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motion is granted; and it is further,

ORDERED that, effective immediately, the respondent Edward L. Howlette, Sr., admitted as Edward Lee Howlette, is reinstated as an attorney and counselor-at-law and the Clerk of the Court is directed to restore the name of Edward L. Howlette, Sr., admitted as Edward Lee Howlette, to the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law.

PRUDENTI, P.J., SCHMIDT, CRANE, MASTRO and RIVERA, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court