Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M267182

E/jr

ALAN D. SCHEINKMAN, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

MARK C. DILLON

RUTH C. BALKIN, JJ.

2018-05574 In the Matter of Christine Bastone, a disbarred attorney. Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, petitioner; Christine Bastone, respondent. (Attorney Registration No. 2529642)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by the respondent (1) to recall and vacate an opinion and order of this Court dated February 20, 2019, which disbarred her upon her default in answering a verified petition dated April 25, 2018, and (2) to direct that a hearing be conducted to consider evidence on the issue of mitigation and aggravation of the discipline to be imposed on the charges contained in the verified petition dated April 25, 2018, which were deemed established on her default. The respondent was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on May 16, 1990.

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

ORDERED that the motion is granted to the extent that the motion papers are deemed to constitute an answer to the verified petition, the proceeding is opened to conduct a hearing limited to mitigating and aggravating evidence inasmuch as the charges contained in the petition are deemed established, the matter is referred to the Honorable Anthony F. Marano, Supreme Court, Nassau County, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, to hear and report solely on any mitigating and aggravating factors, and the motion is otherwise held in abeyance in the interim.

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

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court