Matter of Choi, Yohan; Grievance Committee for Second, Eleventh, and T
Motion No: 2017-04273
Slip Opinion No: 2018 NY Slip Op 70253(U)
Decided on April 20, 2018
Appellate Division, Second Department, Motion Decision
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports.


Supreme Court of the State of New York

Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M248837

E/afaALAN D. SCHEINKMAN, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

RUTH C. BALKIN

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL

FRANCESCA CONNOLLY, JJ.

2017-04273

In the Matter of Yohan Choi,

a suspended attorney.

Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh,

and Thirteenth Judicial Districts, petitioner;

Yohan Choi, respondent.

(Attorney Registration No. 4047858)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by the respondent to vacate so much of a decision and order on motion of this Court dated November 20, 2017, as immediately suspended him from the practice of law pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(f) as a result of his conviction of a serious crime on February 1, 2017, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York of conspiracy to commit money laundering, in violation of 18 USC § 1956, or, in the alternative, to permit him to represent clients in 15 pending matters until the matters are completed. The respondent was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on September 18, 2002.

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

ORDERED that the motion is denied.

SCHEINKMAN, P.J., MASTRO, BALKIN, LEVENTHAL and CONNOLLY , JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court