| Matter of Kashanian; Grievance Committee for Tenth Judici |
| Motion No: 1999-02632 |
| Slip Opinion No: 2007 NYSlipOp 70930(U) |
| Decided on June 5, 2007 |
| 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. |
Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department
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A. GAIL PRUDENTI, P.J.
HOWARD MILLER
ROBERT W. SCHMIDT
STEPHEN G. CRANE
WILLIAM F. MASTRO, JJ.
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1999-02632 In the Matter of Shahriar Kashanian, a disbarred attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 1994391)
| DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION FOR REINSTATEMENT |
Motion by the respondent, Shahriar Kashanian, for reinstatement as an attorney and counselor-at-law. By opinion and order of this court dated July 6, 1999, the respondent's resignation pursuant to 22 NYCRR 691.9 was accepted, and he was disbarred pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90 and his name was stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law. By decision and order on motion of this court for reinstatement dated November 1, 2006, the motion 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 practice law, including but not limited to: (1)details of his compliance with this court's order of disbarment; (2)clarification of the status of his admission to practice before the United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, and whether he was disciplined by that court following his disbarment by this court; and (3) his plans for practicing law and for preventing the type of problems which arose with his practice in the past, in the event of reinstatement. The respondent was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on May 1, 1985.
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, Shahriar Kashanian, is reinstated as an attorney and counselor-at-law and the Clerk of the Court is directed to restore the name of Shahriar Kashanian to the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law.
PRUDENTI, P.J., MILLER, SCHMIDT, CRANE and MASTRO, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
James Edward Pelzer
Clerk of the Court