Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

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A. GAIL PRUDENTI, P.J.

HOWARD MILLER

ROBERT W. SCHMIDT

STEPHEN G. CRANE

GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, JJ.

1998-07938 In the Matter of Robert Adelberg, admitted as Robert Michael Adelberg, a disbarred attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 1362672)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

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 May 7, 1975, under the name Robert Michael Adelberg. By decision and order on motion of this court dated December 7, 1998, the respondent was immediately suspended from the practice of law as a result of his conviction of a serious crime, the Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District was authorized to institute and prosecute a disciplinary proceeding against him, and the issues raised in the proceeding were referred to the Honorable John J. Clabby, as Special Referee to hear and report. By opinion and order dated January 31, 2000, the respondent was disbarred based on the Special Referee's report which sustained one charge 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 conditions of his suspension as a certified public accountant for the years 1999 to 2001, and the filing of an affidavit of compliance pursuant to 22 NYCRR 691.10.

PRUDENTI, P.J., MILLER, SCHMIDT, CRANE and GOLDSTEIN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court