Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M94105

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A. GAIL PRUDENTI, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

PETER B. SKELOS

ANITA R. FLORIO, JJ.

2004-08708 In the Matter of Tomas Greenberger, a suspended attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 1124502)

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 in the State of New York at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on February 21, 1973. By decision and order on application of this court dated February 10, 2005, the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts was authorized to institute and prosecute a disciplinary proceeding against the respondent and the issues raised were referred to the Honorable John A. Monteleone, as Special Referee to hear and report. By opinion and order of this court dated July 11, 2006, the respondent was suspended from the practice of law for a period of two years. By decision and order on application of this court dated July 24, 2006, the effective date of the respondent's suspension was extended from August 7, 2006, to August 21, 2006. By decision and order on motion of this court dated November 8, 2006, the respondent's motion for leave to reargue the opinion and order dated July 11, 2006, or for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals was denied.

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

ORDERED that the respondent's 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 fitness to be an attorney.

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

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court