Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M135753

E/ct

WILLIAM F. MASTRO, A.P.J.

REINALDO E. RIVERA

MARK C. DILLON

DANIEL D. ANGIOLILLO

ANITA R. FLORIO, JJ.

2009-01273 In the Matter of Barry R. Feerst, admitted as Barry Roy Feerst, a suspended attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 1612902)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION FOR REINSTATEMENT

Motion by Barry R. Feerst for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Feerst was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on May 5, 1976, under the name Barry Roy Feerst. By decision and order on motion dated July 22, 2009, this Court suspended Mr. Feerst pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(f) as a result of his conviction of a serious crime, authorized the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts to institute and prosecute a disciplinary proceeding against him, and referred the issues to the Honorable James A. Gowan, as Special Referee to hear and report. By opinion and order of this Court dated September 28, 2010, Mr. Feerst was suspended from the practice of law for an additional year beyond the time for which he had been under the interim suspension.

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 Barry R. Feerst's current fitness to be an attorney.

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

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court