Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M55680

K/nl

ROBERT W. SCHMIDT, J.P.

STEPHEN G. CRANE

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

ANITA R. FLORIO, JJ.

2001-08741 FOR REINSTATMENT In the Matter of Maureen McNamara, admitted as Maureen Margaret McNamara, a suspended attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 1259241 )

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by the respondent for reinstatement as an attorney and counselor-at-law. By opinion and order of this court dated February 3, 2003, the respondent was suspended from the practice of law for a period of one year. By decision and order of this court dated June 9, 2004, her motion for reinstatement was held in abeyance and the matter was referred to the Committee on Character and Fitness to investigate and report on the respondent's current fitness to be an attorney including, but not limited to, the unsatisfied judgments against her and whether she properly notified her clients of her suspension by certified mail, return receipt requested, as required by this court's rules. By decision and order of this court dated April 27, 2005, her motion for reinstatement was continued to be held in abeyance and the matter referred back to the Committee on Character and Fitness for further investigation and report on the respondent's current fitness to be an attorney, specifically for: (1) detailed information and documentation regarding the status of judgments against the respondent, actions for recovery of monies due and/or outstanding debts of the respondent; (2) detailed information and documentation regarding the taxpayer actions in which the respondent has been included as a plaintiff; and (3) detailed information and documentation regarding the malpractice lawsuit commenced by the respondent against another attorney. By decision and order on motion dated January 19, 2006, the respondent 's motion for reinstatement was denied. By decision and order on motion of this court dated August 18, 2006, the respondent's motion, inter alia, for reconsideration and reargument of a decision and order on motion of this court dated January 19, 2006, denying her prior motion for reinstatement as an attorney and counselor-at-law, or in the alternative, for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals, was denied. The respondent was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department on February 5, 1979.

Upon the papers submitted with respect to the motion, it is

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

ORDERED that, effective immediately, the respondent Maureen McNamara, admitted as Maureen Margaret McNamara, is reinstated as an attorney and counselor-at-law and the Clerk of the Court is directed to restore the name of Maureen McNamara, admitted as Maureen Margaret McNamara, to the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law.

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

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court