Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law \s\t468-a (Abergel)
2011 NY Slip Op 09249 [90 AD3d 1404]
December 22, 2011
Appellate Division, Third Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, February 1, 2012


In the Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a. Committee of Professional Standards, Petitioner; Oliver N. Abergel, Respondent.

—[*1] Peter M. Torncello, Committee on Professional Standards, Albany, for petitioner.

Oliver N. Abergel, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, respondent pro se. Per Curiam. Respondent, who was admitted to practice by this Court in 1998, was suspended by this Court's order dated September 24, 2009 for failure to comply with the attorney registration requirements of Judiciary Law § 468-a (Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a, 65 AD3d 1447 [2009]).

Respondent now requests reinstatement on the ground that he has complied with the attorney registration requirements of Judiciary Law § 468-a and the Rules of the Chief Administrator of the Courts (see 22 NYCRR part 118). Petitioner does not object to respondent's application.

Respondent's application is granted and he is ordered reinstated, effective immediately.

Mercure, A.P.J., Peters, Spain, Rose and Lahtinen, JJ., concur. Ordered that respondent's application is granted; and it is further ordered that respondent is reinstated as an attorney and counselor-at-law in the State of New York, effective immediately.