Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M274703

E/afa

ALAN D. SCHEINKMAN, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

MARK C. DILLON

FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, JJ.

2003-02511 In the Matter of Andrew Toscano, a disbarred attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 2591238)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION FOR REINSTATEMENT

Motion by Andrew Toscano for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Toscano was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on April 13, 1994. By decision and order on application of this Court dated June 9, 2003, the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts was authorized to institute and prosecute a disciplinary proceeding against Mr. Toscano and the issues raised were referred to the Hon. Millard L. Midonick, as Special Referee, to hear and report. By opinion and order of this Court dated April 11, 2005, Mr. Toscano was disbarred, effective immediately, based on seven charges of professional misconduct. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated February 25, 2013, Mr. Toscano's first motion for reinstatement was denied.

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 a Committee on Character and Fitness to investigate and report on Andrew Toscano's character and fitness to practice law.

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

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court