Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M245081

E/afa

WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P.

MARK C. DILLON

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL

CHERYL E. CHAMBERS

L. PRISCILLA HALL, JJ.

2009-05683 In the Matter of Alvin Pasternak, a disbarred attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 1726330)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by Alvin Pasternak for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Pasternak was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on May 6, 1981. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated March 26, 2010, inter alia, Mr. Pasternak was immediately suspended from the practice of law upon his conviction of a serious crime pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(f). By opinion and order of this Court dated December 17, 2010, Mr. Pasternak was disbarred based on his conviction of a federal felony, effective July 26, 2010, and his name was stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in relation thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motion for reinstatement is held in abeyance and the matter is referred to the Committee on Character and Fitness to investigate and report on Alvin Pasternak's character and fitness to practice law.

MASTRO, J.P., DILLON, LEVENTHAL, CHAMBERS and HALL, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court