Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M195505

E/ct

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

REINALDO E. RIVERA

PETER B. SKELOS

MARK C. DILLON

SANDRA L. SGROI, JJ.

2007-03056 In the Matter of Jan Alex Dash, a suspended attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 2725034)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION FOR REINSTATEMENT

Motion by Jan Alex Dash for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Dash was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Third Judicial Department on January 23, 1996. By decision and order on application of this Court dated June 14, 2007, the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts was authorized to institute and prosecute a disciplinary proceeding against Mr. Dash, and the issues raised were referred to the Honorable Herbert Altman, as Special Referee, to hear and report. By opinion and order of this Court dated May 19, 2009, Mr. Dash was suspended from the practice of law for a period of five years, based on a petition containing seven charges of professional misconduct.

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 Jan Alex Dash's character and general fitness to practice law, including but not limited to whether Mr. Dash had an obligation to report his suspension to the Bar in the Saint Christopher and Nevis Circuit of the Eastern Carribean Supreme Court, and, if so, whether he fulfilled that obligation.

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

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court