Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M184681

E/ct

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

PETER B. SKELOS

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, JJ.

2004-00866 In the Matter of Donald William Leo, a disbarred attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 1117555)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION FOR REINSTATEMENT

Motion by Donald William Leo for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Separate motion by Mr. Leo, in effect, for reinstatement notwithstanding the recommendation of the Committee on Character and Fitness to deny reinstatement. Mr. Leo was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on June 21, 1967. By opinion and order of this Court dated June 28, 2004, Mr. Leo was disbarred upon his resignation and his name was stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated January 23, 2012, Mr. Leo's motion for reinstatement was held in abeyance and the matter was referred to the Committee on Character and Fitness to investigate and report on his current character and fitness to be an attorney, including but not limited to, the sale of his law practice to his son and the business income reported on his tax returns.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion for reinstatement and the papers filed in relation thereto, upon the report of the Committee on Character and Fitness and the exhibits annexed thereto, and upon the papers filed in support of the motion, in effect, for reinstatement notwithstanding the recommendation of the Committee on Character and Fitness to deny reinstatement and no papers having been filed in opposition or in relation thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motions are denied.

We find that Donald William Leo does not demonstrate the requisite fitness and character to practice law.

ENG., P.J., MASTRO, RIVERA, SKELOS and LEVENTHAL, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court