Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M222180

E/ct

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

REINALDO E. RIVERA

MARK C. DILLON

RUTH C. BALKIN

SHERI S. ROMAN, JJ.

2012-11257 MOTION In the Matter of Andrew Rosner, a suspended attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 1951599)

DECISION & ORDER ON FOR REINSTATEMENT

Motion by Andrew Rosner for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Rosner was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Third Judicial Department on June 26, 1980. By decision and order on application of this Court dated March 15, 2013, the Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District was authorized to institute and prosecute a disciplinary hearing against Mr. Rosner based on allegations of professional misconduct set forth in a verified petition dated December 13, 2012, and the matter was referred to the Honorable Geoffrey O'Connell, as Special Referee, to hear and report. By opinion and order of this Court dated March 11, 2015, Mr. Rosner was suspended from the practice of law for a period of one year, commencing April 10, 2015, based on four charges of professional misconduct, and he was directed to release, forthwith, the sum of $10,000 which he was holding on behalf of his deceased client, James Lorquet, to the Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection, for safeguarding and disbursement to the person or persons determined to be entitled thereto (see Matter of Rosner, 127 AD3d 129).

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 Andrew Rosner's character and fitness to practice law.

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

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court