Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M220652

E/ct

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

REINALDO E. RIVERA

MARK C. DILLON

RUTH C. BALKIN

SANDRA L. SGROI, JJ.

2006-00152 In the Matter of David Clinton, a suspended attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 1946003)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION FOR REINSTATEMENT

Motion by David Clinton for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Clinton was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on August 3, 1983. By decision and order on application of this Court dated March 10, 2006, the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts was authorized to institute and prosecute a disciplinary proceeding against him and the issues were referred to the Hon. George Friedman, as Special Referee, to hear and report. By opinion and order of this Court dated August 12, 2008, Mr. Clinton was suspended from the practice of law for a period of five years, commencing September 12, 2008.

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 David Clinton's character and fitness to practice law.

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

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court