Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M76597

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A. GAIL PRUDENTI, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

PETER B. SKELOS

ROBERT A. LIFSON, 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 to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. The respondent was admitted to the Bar at term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the 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 professional misconduct immediately threatening the public interest based upon substantial admissions under oath of professional misconduct and upon other uncontroverted evidence of professional misconduct, 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. By decision and order on motion of this court dated November 28, 2007, the respondent's 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 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."

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, William F. Nolan, admitted as William Michael F. Nolan, is reinstated as an attorney and counselor-at-law and the Clerk of the court is directed to restore the name of William Michael F. Nolan to the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law.

PRUDENTI, P.J., MASTRO, RIVERA, SKELOS and LIFSON, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court