Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M230415

E/ct

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

MARK C. DILLON

JEFFREY A. COHEN, JJ.

2016-07347 In the Matter of Harry A. Cardillo, admitted as Harry Anthony Cardillo, a suspended attorney. Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts, petitioner; Harry A. Cardillo, respondent. (Attorney Registration No. 2505956)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts: (1) to deem established charges of professional misconduct set forth in a verified petition dated July 14, 2016, upon the respondent's default in filing an answer; and (2) to impose such discipline upon the respondent as the Court may deem appropriate. Application by the respondent for leave to serve and file a late answer.

The respondent was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on December 16, 1992, under the name Harry Anthony Cardillo. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated January 20, 2017, the respondent was immediately suspended from the practice of law pursuant to 22 NYCRR 1240.9(a), based upon uncontroverted evidence of professional misconduct, the Grievance Committee was authorized to institute and prosecute a disciplinary proceeding against the respondent and directed to serve the respondent with a notice of petition and the verified petition dated July 14, 2016, and the matter was referred to David I. Ferber, Esq. as Special Referee, to hear and report. On January 26, 2017, the respondent was served by mail, upon his written consent, with a notice of petition dated January 25, 2017, the verified petition dated July 14, 2016, and the decision and order on motion dated January 20, 2017.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in opposition thereto, and upon the papers filed in support of the application and no papers having been filed in opposition or in relation thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motion is denied; and it is further,

ORDERED that the application is granted, and the respondent is directed to serve upon the Special Referee and the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts, and file with the Court, an answer to the verified petition dated July 14, 2016, within 10 days from the date of this decision and order on motion.

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

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court