Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M144646

E/ct

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

PETER B. SKELOS

MARK C. DILLON, JJ.

2008-08518 In the Matter of David Craig Weiss, a suspended attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 2914638)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION FOR REINSTATEMENT

Motion by David Craig Weiss for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Weiss was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on December 16, 1992. By decision and order on application dated November 14, 2008, this Court authorized the Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District to institute and prosecute a disciplinary proceeding against Mr. Weiss and the issues were referred to Norma Giffords, as Special Referee to hear and report. By opinion and order dated August 3, 2010, this Court suspended Mr. Weiss for a period of two years, commencing September 2, 2010, based on two charges of professional misconduct. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated January 10, 2011, Mr. Weiss's motion for reargument of the August 3, 2010, opinion and order was denied.

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 David Craig Weiss's current fitness to be an attorney, including but not limited to, the steps Mr. Weiss took to withdraw from his law partnership, the duties he assumed as the owner of two new businesses, and the filing of his tax return for the 2011 tax year.

ENG, P.J., MASTRO, RIVERA, SKELOS and DILLON, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court