Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M193740

E/ct

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

PETER B. SKELOS

LEONARD B. AUSTIN, JJ.

2012-01513 In the Matter of Diana Bronstein, a suspended attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 4409850)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION FOR REINSTATEMENT

Motion by Diana Bronstein for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Ms. Bronstein was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on September 20, 2006. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated June 1, 2012, Ms. Bronstein was suspended, pursuant to 22 NYCRR 691.4(l)(1)(ii) and (iii); the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts was authorized to institute and prosecute a disciplinary proceeding against her; and the matter was referred to the Honorable Harry E. Seidell, to hear and report. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated December 17, 2012, Ms. Bronstein's motion for reargument was denied. By opinion and order of this Court dated March 12, 2014, Ms. Bronstein was suspended from the practice of law for period of two years based on four charges of professional misconduct, with credit for the time elapsed under the decision and order on motion dated June 1, 2012.

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 Diana Bronstein's character and general fitness to practice law.

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

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court