Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M185742

E/ct

WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P.

REINALDO E. RIVERA

MARK C. DILLON

RUTH C. BALKIN

CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, JJ.

2005-09482 In the Matter of Joseph J. Milano, admitted as Joseph John Milano, a disbarred attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 1471564)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION FOR REINSTATEMENT

Motion by Joseph J. Milano for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Milano was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on February 25, 1976, under the name Joseph John Milano. By opinion and order of this Court dated January 10, 2006, Mr. Milano was disbarred, effective immediately, upon his resignation.

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 Joseph John Milano's current character and general fitness to practice law, including but not limited to, the underlying misconduct, which was being investigated at the time of his resignation, his conviction for grand larceny in the second degree, all outstanding judgments, debts and liens against him, and his employment as a clerk and consultant during the period of his disbarment.

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

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court