Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a (Layton)
2014 NYSlipOp 07057 [121 AD3d 1277]
October 16, 2014
Appellate Division, Third Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, December 3, 2014


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 In the Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a. Committee on Professional Standards, Petitioner; Elaine L. Layton, Respondent.

Monica A. Duffy, Committee on Professional Standards, Albany, for petitioner.

Elaine L. Layton, Tampa, Florida, respondent pro se.

Per Curiam. Respondent, who was admitted to practice by this Court in 1985, was suspended by this Court's order dated January 30, 2014 for failure to comply with the attorney registration requirements of Judiciary Law § 468-a (113 AD3d 1020 [2014]).

Respondent now requests reinstatement on the ground that she 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 she is ordered reinstated, effective immediately.

Peters, P.J., Lahtinen, Stein, McCarthy and Garry, 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.