| Matter of Roman |
| 2011 NY Slip Op 09653 [90 AD3d 1057] |
| December 27, 2011 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| In the Matter of Hector M. Roman, Jr. (Admitted as Hector Manuel Roman, Jr.), a Suspended Attorney. |
—[*1]Motion by Hector M. Roman, Jr., for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Roman was admitted to the New York State Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on May 17, 1995, under the name Hector Manuel Roman, Jr. By opinion and order of this Court dated December 26, 2007, Mr. Roman was publicly censured based on the disciplinary action taken against him by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (see Matter of Roman, 48 AD3d 25 [2007]). By opinion and order of this Court dated March 22, 2011, Mr. Roman was suspended from the practice of law for six months, commencing April 22, 2011, based on disciplinary action taken against him by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (see Matter of Roman, 83 AD3d 40 [2011]).
Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in relation thereto, it is
Ordered that the motion is granted; and it is further,
Ordered that, effective immediately, Hector Manuel Roman, Jr., is reinstated as an attorney and counselor-at-law and the Clerk of the Court is directed to restore the name of Hector Manuel Roman, Jr., to the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law. Mastro, A.P.J., Rivera, Dillon, Angiolillo and Florio, JJ., concur.