Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M132916

E/ct

WILLIAM F. MASTRO, A.P.J.

REINALDO E. RIVERA

PETER B. SKELOS

MARK C. DILLON

ANITA R. FLORIO, JJ.

2001-02356 In the Matter of Kevin B. Dwyer, admitted as Kevin Bruce Dwyer, a disbarred attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 1681378)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION FOR REINSTATEMENT

Motion by Kevin B. Dwyer, for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Dwyer was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on April 9, 1980, under the name Kevin Bruce Dwyer. By opinion and order of this Court dated November 25, 1991, Mr. Dwyer was suspended from the practice of law for a period of three years in an unrelated proceeding (see Matter of Dwyer, 171 AD2d 376). By decision and order on motion of this Court dated January 16, 1998, Mr. Dwyer was reinstated. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated June 1, 2001, Mr. Dwyer was suspended from the practice of law, pursuant to 22 NYCRR 691.4(l)(1)(ii), the Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial District was authorized to institute and prosecute a disciplinary proceeding against Mr. Dwyer, and the issues raised were referred to the Honorable Thomas Sullivan, to hear and report. By opinion and order of this Court dated April 29, 2002, Mr. Dwyer was disbarred based on nine charges of professional misconduct ( see Matter of Dwyer, 292 AD2d 146).

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed 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 current fitness of Kevin B. Dwyer, admitted as Kevin Bruce Dwyer, to be an attorney and counselor-at-law.

MASTRO, A.P.J., RIVERA, SKELOS, DILLON and FLORIO, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court