Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M62855

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A. GAIL PRUDENTI, P.J.

HOWARD MILLER

STEPHEN G. CRANE

REINALDO E. RIVERA

PETER B. SKELOS, JJ.

1998-08673 In the Matter of William M. Nolan, admitted as William Michael F. Nolan, a disbarred attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 2016632)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION FOR REINSTATEMENT

Motion by the respondent 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 Second Judicial Department on April 8, 1981, under the name William Michael F. Nolan. By decision and order on motion of this court dated March 12, 1999, the respondent was suspended from the practice of law pursuant to 691.4(l)(1)(ii) and (iii), upon a finding that he was guilty of serious professional misconduct immediately threatening the public interest based upon substantial admissions under oath and other uncontroverted evidence, the Grievance Committee for the Second and Eleventh Judicial Districts was authorized to institute and prosecute a disciplinary hearing against him, and the issues raised in the proceeding were referred to the Honorable John A. Monteleone, as Special Referee to hear and report. By opinion and order dated April 17, 2000, the respondent was disbarred based on the Special Referee's report, which sustained all six charges of professional misconduct.

Upon the papers submitted in support of the motion and the papers submitted in response thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motion is held in abeyance and the matter is 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 respondent's compliance with the court's order of disbarment and the continuing legal education requirement.

PRUDENTI, P.J., MILLER, CRANE, RIVERA and SKELOS, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court