Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M94107

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A. GAIL PRUDENTI, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

PETER B. SKELOS

RUTH C. BALKIN, JJ.

2008-01264 In the Matter of Daniel D. Tartaglia, admitted as Daniel David Tartaglia, a suspended attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 1738798)

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 a term of the Supreme Court of the Appellate Division in the Second Judicial Department on July 29, 1981, under the name Daniel David Tartaglia. By decision and order on motion of this court dated April 15, 2008, as amended by decision and order on motion dated May 2, 2008, the court, on its own motion, suspended the respondent as a result of his conviction of a serious crime, pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(f), authorized the Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial District to institute and prosecute a disciplinary proceeding against him, and referred the issues raised to the Honorable William D. Friedmann, as Special Referee to hear and report. By opinion and order of this court dated July 14, 2009, the respondent was suspended from the practice of law for period of one year, with credit for the time elapsed under his interim suspension, and was granted leave to apply for reinstatement immediately.

Upon the papers submitted in support of the motion and the papers submitted in relation 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 fitness to be an attorney, including but not limited to, his 2008 tax return.

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

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court