Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M209491

E/ct

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

MARK C. DILLON

L. PRISCILLA HALL, JJ.

1998-09177 In the Matter of Jonathan L. Levine, admitted as Jonathan Lewis Levine, a disbarred attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 2295723)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION FOR REINSTATEMENT

Motion by Jonathan L. Levine for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Levine was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on February 4, 1981, under the name Jonathan Lewis Levine. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated March 1, 1999, the Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial District was authorized to institute and prosecute a disciplinary proceeding against Mr. Levine, and the matter was referred to the Honorable William Zeck, as Special Referee, to hear and report. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated June 11, 1999, Mr. Levine was suspended from the practice of law pursuant to 22 NYCRR 691.4(l)(1). By decision and order on motion of this Court dated September 27, 1999, the Grievance Committee was authorized to prosecute additional allegations of professional misconduct against Mr. Levine. By opinion and order of this Court dated December 18, 2000, Mr. Levine was disbarred and his name was stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law.

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 Jonathan Lewis Levine's current character and general fitness to practice law.

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

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court