Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M195506

E/ct

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

REINALDO E. RIVERA

PETER B. SKELOS

MARK C. DILLON

RUTH C. BALKIN, JJ.

2003-10293 In the Matter of Desmond Q. Martin, admitted as Desmond Quinby Martin, a disbarred attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 2939635)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION FOR REINSTATEMENT

Motion by Desmond Q. Martin for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Martin was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on February 10, 1999, under the name Desmond Quinby Martin. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated April 8, 2005, Mr. Martin was suspended from the practice of law pursuant to 22 NYCRR 691.4(l)(1)(ii) and (iii) upon a prima facie finding that he was guilty of professional misconduct immediately threatening the public interest based upon substantial admissions under oath and uncontroverted evidence of professional misconduct. By opinion and order of this Court dated September 6, 2005, Mr. Martin was disbarred upon his resignation, and his name was stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, effective immediately. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated November 18, 2013, Mr. Martin's first motion for reinstatement 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 Mr. Martin's character and general fitness to practice law, including but not limited to the underlying misconduct.

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

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court