Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M98029

S/ct

A. GAIL PRUDENTI, P.J.

REINALDO E. RIVERA

PETER B. SKELOS

STEVEN W. FISHER

MARK C. DILLON, JJ.

2002-08696 In the Matter of Andrew P. Jones, admitted as Andrew Paul Alexander Jones, a suspended attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 2688927)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION FOR REINSTATEMENT

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 the Second Judicial Department on August 23, 1995, under the name Andrew Paul Alexander Jones. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated January 13, 2002, 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 Luigi R. Marano, as Special Referee to hear and report. By opinion and order of this Court dated May 17, 2004, the respondent was suspended from the practice of law for a period of three years, commencing June 17, 2004, based on the Special Referee's report which sustained four charges of professional misconduct. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated March 5, 2009, the respondent's motion for reinstatement was denied with leave to renew upon resolution of the complaints pending before the Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District to which all matters involving the respondent were transferred.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed 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 hear and report on the respondent's fitness to practice law.

PRUDENTI, P.J., RIVERA, SKELOS, FISHER and DILLON, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court