| Matter of Tavon; Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial |
| Motion No: 2007-02955 |
| Slip Opinion No: 2007 NYSlipOp 83531(U) |
| Decided on November 14, 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
GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, JJ.
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2007-02955
In the Matter of Robert Tavon, a suspended attorney. Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial District, petitioner; Robert Tavon, respondent. (Attorney Registration No. 3981453)
| DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION |
Motion by the respondent for an order lifting the interim suspension imposed by decision and order on motion of this court dated July 18, 2007, pending review of the complaints by the Special Referee assigned to hear and report. By decision and order on motion of this court dated July 18, 2007, 1) the respondent was immediately suspended from the practice of law, pending further order of the court, pursuant to 22 NYCRR 691.4(l)(1)(i), (ii) and (iii), on the grounds that he constituted an immediate threat to the public interest based upon his failure to cooperate with lawful demands of the Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial District in connection with an investigation into his conduct as an attorney, and/or a substantial admission under oath that he committed an act or acts of professional misconduct, and/or other uncontroverted evidence of professional misconduct; 2) the Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial District was authorized to institute and prosecute a disciplinary proceeding against the respondent based upon a petition dated March 22, 2007, and a supplemental petition dated May 4, 2007; 3) the respondent was directed to answer the petition and supplemental petition; and 4) the issues raised by the petition and supplemental petition and any answers thereto were referred to the Honorable Fred L. Shapiro as Special Referee to hear and report. The respondent was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department on June 26, 2001.
Upon the papers submitted in support of the motion and the papers submitted in opposition thereto, it is
ORDERED that the motion is denied.
PRUDENTI, P.J., MILLER, SCHMIDT, CRANE and KRAUSMAN, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
James Edward Pelzer
Clerk of the Court