Matter of Sapio, Michael; Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial D
Motion No: 2014-11147
Slip Opinion No: 2025 NY Slip Op 73086(U)
Decided on July 23, 2025
Appellate Division, Second Department, Motion Decision
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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

M306090

KS/

HECTOR D. LASALLE, P.J.

MARK C. DILLON

COLLEEN D. DUFFY

BETSY BARROS

LAURENCE L. LOVE, JJ.

2014-11147

In the Matter of Michael Sapio,

a suspended attorney.

(Attorney Registration No. 2970267)

DECISION & ORDER ON
MOTION FOR REINSTATEMENT

Motion by Michael Sapio for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Sapio was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on July 28, 1999. By opinion and order of this Court dated April 6, 2016, Sapio was suspended from the practice of law for a period of one year, commencing May 6, 2016 (see Matter of Sapio, 138 AD3d 127).

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

ORDERED that the motion is denied.

We find that Michael Sapio does not demonstrate the requisite character and fitness to practice law.

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

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court