Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M212715

E/ct

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

REINALDO E. RIVERA

MARK C. DILLON

RUTH C. BALKIN

SHERI S. ROMAN, JJ.

2010-04932 MOTION In the Matter of Mitchell S. Drucker, a suspended attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 2683050)

DECISION & ORDER ON FOR REINSTATEMENT

Motion by Mitchell S. Drucker for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Drucker was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on June 7, 1995. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated December 7, 2010, the Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District was authorized to institute and prosecute a disciplinary hearing against Mr. Drucker based on a verified petition dated May 18, 2010, Mr. Drucker was barred from relitigating any of the factual issues raised therein, based upon the doctrine of collateral estoppel, and the matter was referred to the Honorable Geoffrey O'Connell, as Special Referee, to hear and report solely on the issue of mitigation. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated September 9, 2011, Mr. Drucker's motion to dismiss the verified petition was denied and the Grievance Committee's cross motion to dismiss affirmative defenses was denied, without prejudice to seeking relief before the Special Referee. By opinion and order of this Court dated July 17, 2013, Mr. Drucker was suspended from the practice of law for a period of three years, commencing August 16, 2013, based on two 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 Mitchell S. Drucker's character and general fitness to practice law.

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

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court