Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M241475

E/afa

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

MARK C. DILLON

JOSEPH J. MALTESE, JJ.

2002-00006 In the Matter of Mark A. Kovler, admitted as Mark Allan Kovler, a disbarred attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 1912443)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION FOR REINSTATEMENT

Motion by Mark A. Kovler for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Kovler was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on March 7, 1984, under the name Mark Allan Kovler. By opinion and order of this Court dated July 8, 2002, Mr. Kovler was disbarred upon his resignation, and his name was stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated February 22, 2016, Mr. Kovler's motion for reinstatement was held in abeyance and the matter was referred to the Committee on Character and Fitness to investigate and report on his current fitness to practice law.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in relation thereto, and upon the report of the Committee on Character and Fitness and the exhibits annexed thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motion is denied.

We find that Mark A. Kovler, admitted as Mark Allan Kovler, does not demonstrate the requisite fitness and character to practice law.

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

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court