Matter of Brooks, Thomas C., Jr.
Motion No: 2009-06541
Slip Opinion No: 2017 NY Slip Op 61654(U)
Decided on January 20, 2017
Appellate Division, Second Department, Motion Decision
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports.


Supreme Court of the State of New York

Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M224818

E/ct

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

REINALDO E. RIVERA

MARK C. DILLON

RUTH C. BALKIN

LEONARD B. AUSTIN, JJ.

2009-06541, 2012-10114 MOTION

In the Matter of Thomas C. Brooks, Jr.,

a suspended attorney.

(Attorney Registration No. 4160040)

DECISION & ORDER ON

FOR REINSTATEMENT

Motion by Thomas C. Brooks, Jr., for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Brooks was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on October 22, 2003. By opinion and order of this Court dated April 3, 2012, under Appellate Division Docket No. 2009-06541, Mr. Brooks was suspended from the practice of law for a period of two years, commencing May 3, 2012. By opinion and order of this Court dated September 24, 2014, under Appellate Division Docket No. 2012-10114, Mr. Brooks was suspended from the practice of law for a period of one year, effective immediately, in addition to the period of suspension imposed in the prior separate disciplinary proceeding.

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 the character and fitness of Thomas C. Brooks, Jr., to practice law.

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

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court