Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M173096

E/ct

WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P.

REINALDO E. RIVERA

PETER B. SKELOS

MARK C. DILLON

RUTH C. BALKIN, JJ.

1999-10260 In the Matter of the Application of Mason Blake Pimsler, a disbarred attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 2875193)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION FOR REINSTATEMENT

Motion by Mason Blake Pimsler for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Pimsler was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on April 8, 1998. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated January 25, 2000, Mr. Pimsler was suspended from the practice of law pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(f) upon his conviction of a serious crime, the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts was authorized to institute and prosecute a disciplinary proceeding against him, and the matter was referred to the Honorable Samuel Greenstein, as Special Referee, to hear and report. By opinion and order of this Court dated October 1, 2001, Mr. Pimsler was disbarred based on four charges of professional misconduct. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated June 11, 2009, Mr. Pimsler's first motion for reinstatement was denied. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated January 6, 2011, Mr. Pimsler's second motion for reinstatement was held in abeyance and the matter was referred to the Committee on Character and Fitness to investigate and report on Mr. Pimsler's fitness to practice law, including but not limited to, business income reported on Mr. Pimsler's tax returns for the years 2000 to 2007, the nature of that business, and his employment history during the period of disbarment. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated April 13, 2012, Mr. Pimsler's second motion for reinstatement was denied. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated November 20, 2012, Mr. Pimsler's motion for leave to reargue the second motion for reinstatement or, in the alternative, for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals from the decision and order on motion dated April 13, 2012, 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 denied.

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

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court