Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M60630

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A. GAIL PRUDENTI, P.J.

HOWARD MILLER

ROBERT W. SCHMIDT

STEPHEN G. CRANE

STEVEN W. FISHER, JJ.

1990-01440 In the Matter of Sheldon Goldklang, a suspended attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 1245745)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION FOR REINSTATEMENT

Motion by the respondent, Sheldon Goldklang, for reinstatement as an attorney and counselor-at-law. By order of this court dated October 7, 1988, the Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial District was authorized to institute and prosecute a disciplinary proceeding against him. By further orders of this court dated March 14, 1989, and September 5, 1989, the issues raised were referred to Hon. John J. Reilly, to hear and report. By opinion and order dated March 2, 1990, this court granted the Grievance Committee's motion to confirm in part and disaffirm in part the report of the Special Referee to the extent that it sustained Charges One through Four, and the respondent was suspended from the practice of law for one year, commencing April 1, 1990 (see Matter of Goldklang, 154 AD2d 203). By further order dated August 15, 1990, the Grievance Committee was authorized to institute another disciplinary proceeding against the respondent. By decision and order on application of this court dated November 16, 1990, the Grievance Committee was authorized to prosecute an additional allegation of professional misconduct as part of the previously authorized disciplinary proceeding. By decision and order of this court dated July 30, 1991, the Grievance Committee 's motion for a default judgment was denied and the issues raised were referred to Hon. John J. Reilly, as Special Referee, to hear and report. By opinion and order of this court dated July 27, 1992, the report of the Special Referee sustaining two charges of professional conduct was confirmed and the respondent was suspended from the practice of law for a period of two years, effective immediately (see Matter of Goldklang, 181 AD2d 350). By decision and order on motion for reinstatement dated October 31, 2006, the respondent's 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 his compliance with the order of suspension, his failure to file a timely affidavit of compliance, the corporate tax lien and outstanding judgment against him and his corporation, and his delay of 14 years in applying for 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 April 24, 1974.

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 Sheldon Goldklang is reinstated as an attorney and counselor-at-law and the Clerk of the Court is directed to restore the name of Sheldon Goldklang to the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law.

PRUDENTI, P.J., H. MILLER, SCHMIDT, CRANE and FISHER, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court