Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M233989

E/ct

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

MARK C. DILLON

SANDRA L. SGROI, JJ.

2016-07364 In the Matter of Jon A. Lefkowitz, admitted as Jon Ari Lefkowitz, a suspended attorney. Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts, petitioner; Jon A. Lefkowitz, respondent. (Attorney Registration No. 2577534)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

By decision and order on motion of this Court dated March 23, 2017, the respondent was immediately suspended from the practice of law pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(f) as a result of his conviction of a serious crime, and directed to promptly advise the Court upon being sentenced. By letter dated May 15, 2017, Kelly McCollum, counsel for the respondent, notified the Court that the respondent was sentenced on May 12, 2017, to a one-year conditional discharge. The respondent was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on January 5, 1994, under the name Jon Ari Lefkowitz.

Now, on the Court's own motion and upon the papers filed with this Court, it is

ORDERED that pursuant to 22 NYCRR 1240.12(c)(2)(i) and (iv), the respondent, Jon A. Lefkowitz, admitted as Jon Ari Lefkowitz, is directed to show cause at a hearing before the Special Referee, appointed herein, why a final order of suspension, censure, or disbarment should not be made based on his conviction of a serious crime; and it is further,

ORDERED that the respondent, Jon A. Lefkowitz, admitted as Jon Ari Lefkowitz, is directed to produce at the hearing a copy of the presentence report or memorandum, if any, prepared in connection with the appellant's sentencing for the crime that forms the basis of this proceeding, a transcript of the proceedings of the imposition of sentence for that crime, and a certified copy of the certificate of disposition for that crime; and it is further,

ORDERED that this matter is referred to the Honorable Charles J. Thomas, 50 East 89th Street, #10-F, New York, NY 10128, as Special Referee, to hear and report, with the hearing to be conducted within 60 days of this decision and order on motion, or as soon as practicable, and to submit a report, which contains his findings on the issues, within 60 days after the conclusion of the hearing or the submission of post-hearing memoranda.

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

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court