Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M175551

E/ct

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

REINALDO E. RIVERA

PETER B. SKELOS

MARK C. DILLON

RUTH C. BALKIN, JJ.

1993-00433 In the Matter of Michael D. Benjamin, admitted as Michael Dennis Benjamin, a disbarred attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 1424183)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION FOR REINSTATEMENT

Motion by Michael D. Benjamin for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Benjamin was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on March 23, 1977, under the name Michael Dennis Benjamin. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated March 22, 1993, the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts was authorized to institute and prosecute a disciplinary proceeding against Mr. Benjamin and the issues were referred to J. Mitchell Rosenberg, Esq., as Special Referee, to hear and report. By opinion and order of this Court dated May 2, 1994, Mr. Benjamin was disbarred based on 15 charges of professional misconduct, effective immediately. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated October 26, 1994, Mr. Benjamin's motion for reargument 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 Michael Dennis Benjamin's fitness to be practice law.

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

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court