Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M239294

E/ct

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

MARK C. DILLON

RUTH C. BALKIN, JJ.

2014-08030 In the Matter of Jeffrey A. Farkas, admitted as Jeffrey Alan Farkas, a suspended attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 2095651)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION FOR REINSTATEMENT

Motion by Jeffrey A. Farkas for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Farkas was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on February 4, 1987, under the name Jeffrey Alan Farkas. By decision and order on application of this Court dated December 31, 2014, the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts was authorized to institute and prosecute a disciplinary proceeding against Mr. Farkas based on a verified petition dated August 25, 2014, and the issues raised were referred to Honorable Jerome M. Becker, as Special Referee, to hear and report. By opinion and order of this Court dated October 21, 2015, Mr. Farkas was suspended from the practice of law for a period of two years, effective November 20, 2015.

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 Jeffery Alan Farkas's character and fitness to practice law.

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

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court