Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M173080

E/ct

WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P.

REINALDO E. RIVERA

PETER B. SKELOS

MARK C. DILLON

THOMAS A. DICKERSON, JJ.

2012-10976 In the Matter of Efrain Ramos, Jr., a suspe attorney. Grievance Committee for the Second, Elev and Thirteenth Judicial Districts, petitione Efrain Ramos, Jr., respondent. (Attorney Registration No. 2905131)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION nded enth, r;

Motion by the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts (1) to adjudicate the respondent in default upon the ground that he failed to answer a verified petition dated December 11, 2012, (2) to deem the charges admitted, and (3) to impose such discipline upon the respondent as the Court deems just and proper. The respondent was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on August 19, 1998. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated March 13, 2013, as amended March 15, 2013, the respondent was immediately suspended from the practice of law pursuant to 22 NYCRR 691.4(l)(1)(i), the Grievance Committee was authorized to institute and prosecute a disciplinary proceeding against him, the respondent was directed to file an answer to the verified petition dated December 11, 2012, within 20 days of service upon him of a copy of the decision and order on motion dated March 13, 2013, and the matter was referred to the Hon. Charles Thomas, to hear and report.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in opposition thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motion is denied without prejudice to making a motion pursuant to 22 NYCRR 691.13(b); and it is further,

ORDERED that on the Court's own motion, the answer to the petition is accepted for filing and deemed timely served.

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

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court