Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M67685

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A. GAIL PRUDENTI, P.J.

PETER B. SKELOS

STEVEN W. FISHER

ROBERT A. LIFSON

ANITA R. FLORIO, JJ.

1990-07504 In the Matter of Sydney J. Chase, a disbarred attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 1646355)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION FOR REINSTATEMENT

Motion by the respondent for reinstatement as an attorney and counselor-at-law. By decision and order on motion of this court dated September 23, 1983, the respondent was suspended from the practice of law pending the outcome of a disciplinary proceeding instituted by the Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District. By opinion and order of this court dated September 8, 1986, he was disbarred. By decision and order on motion of this court dated May 10, 1991, the respondent's first application for reinstatement was denied as premature. By decisions and orders of this court dated October 27, 1993, January 12, 1995, December 20, 1996, December 2, 1997 (as amended December 8, 1997), May 16, 2001, and April 23, 2002, respectively, his subsequent applications for reinstatement were denied. By further decision and order on motion of this court dated November 7, 2002, his motion for renewal of his prior application for reinstatement was denied. By decisions and orders on application of this court dated June 25, 2003, July 2, 2004, and June 10, 2005, respectively, his eighth, ninth, and tenth applications for reinstatement were denied. By decision and order on application of this court dated November 8, 2006, the respondent 's eleventh application for reinstatement was held in abeyance and the matter was referred to the Committee on Character and Fitness to investigate and report on his current fitness to practice law, including, but not limited to, his plans should he be reinstated and the impact, if any, of his lack of continuing legal education since his disbarment. The respondent was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on June 16, 1965.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and 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 Sydney J. Chase, is reinstated as an attorney and counselor-at-law and the Clerk of the court is directed to restore the name of Sydney J. Chase to the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law.

PRUDENTI, P.J., SKELOS, FISHER, LIFSON and FLORIO, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court