Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M191360

E/ct

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

PETER B. SKELOS

MARK C. DILLON, JJ.

2013-00311 In the Matter of Joseph G. Colbert, admitted as Joseph George Colbert, a suspended attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 2525483)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION FOR REINSTATEMENT

Motion by Joseph G. Colbert for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Colbert was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Department on February 3, 1993, under the name Joseph George Colbert. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated June 27, 2013, Mr. Colbert was immediately suspended from the practice of law based on 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 issues raised were referred to the Honorable Abraham Gerges, as Special Referee, to hear and report. By opinion and order of this Court dated August 27, 2014, Mr. Colbert was suspended from the practice of law for a period of two years, with credit for the time elapsed under the interim suspension.

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 George Colbert's character and general fitness to practice law.

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

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court