Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M152963

E/ct

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

PETER B. SKELOS

MARK C. DILLON, JJ.

2003-10710 In the Matter of Gerald Michael Goll, a suspended attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 1865096)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION FOR REINSTATEMENT

Motion by Gerald Michael Goll for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Goll was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on May 4, 1983. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated March 4, 2004, inter alia, Mr. Goll was immediately suspended from the practice of law pursuant to 22 NYCRR 691.4(l)(1)(i), and the Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District was authorized to institute and prosecute a disciplinary proceeding against him. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated July 2, 2004, inter alia, this matter was transferred to the Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial District. By opinion and order of this Court dated January 10, 2006, Mr. Goll was suspended from the practice of law for a period of two years, commencing immediately, with credit for time served under the interim suspension. Additionally, the Court directed that any application for reinstatement be accompanied by a report of a mental health professional with respect to Mr. Goll 's emotional state.

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 Gerald Michael Goll's current fitness to practice law.

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

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court