Matter of Berkowsky, Dennis Steven
Motion No: 2014-05936
Slip Opinion No: 2022 NY Slip Op 76086(U)
Decided on December 21, 2022
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

E/jr

M286224

HECTOR D. LASALLE, P.J.

MARK C. DILLON

COLLEEN D. DUFFY

BETSY BARROS

CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, JJ.

2014-05936

In the Matter of Dennis Steven Berkowsky,

a disbarred attorney.

(Attorney Registration No. 2280634)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by Dennis Steven Berkowsky for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Berkowsky was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on July 29, 1981. By opinion and order of this Court dated March 18, 2015, Mr. Berkowsky was disbarred based on his conviction of a felony, and his name was stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, effective August 10, 2011. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated January 15, 2021, Mr. Berkowsky's first motion for reinstatement was denied.

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

ORDERED that the motion is held in abeyance, and the matter is referred to a Committee on Character and Fitness to investigate and report on Dennis Steven Berkowsky's character and fitness to practice law.

LASALLE, P.J., DILLON, DUFFY, BARROS, and CHAMBERS, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Maria T. Fasulo

Clerk of the Court