Matter of Bernstein; Grievance Committee for the Sec
Motion No: 2000-00003
Slip Opinion No: 2010 NY Slip Op 73087(U)
Decided on June 1, 2010
Appellate Division, Second Department, Motion Decision
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports.


Supreme Court of the State of New York

Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M103687

E/ct

A. GAIL PRUDENTI, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

PETER B. SKELOS

HOWARD MILLER, JJ.

2000-00003

In the Matter of Joshua Bernstein,

a disbarred attorney.

Grievance Committee for the Second,

Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts,

petitioner; Joshua Bernstein, respondent.

(Attorney Registration No. 2903961)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Renewed motion by the respondent, Joshua Bernstein to vacate this court's opinion and order dated August 20, 2001, which disbarred him from the practice of law in New York based on one charge of professional misconduct. By decision and order on motion of this court dated December 17, 2001, his motion for reargument of an opinion and order of this court dated August 20, 2001, or, in the alternative, for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals was denied. By order dated February 13, 2002, the Court of Appeals dismissed the respondent's appeal from the opinion and order dated August 20, 2001, on constitutional grounds. By decision and order on motion of this court dated November 19, 2007, the respondent's first motion to vacate the opinion and order dated August 20, 2001, was denied. The respondent was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on November 4, 1998.

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

ORDERED that the motion is denied.

PRUDENTI, P.J., MASTRO, RIVERA, SKELOS and MILLER, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court