In re Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a

• Decision Date: 25 June 2015
• Citation: 129 A.D.3d 1436,11 N.Y.S.3d 883 (Mem),2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 05564
• Parties: In the Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468–a. Committee on Professional Standards, Petitioner; YIJUN CHAO, Respondent.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

129 A.D.3d 1436

11 N.Y.S.3d 883 (Mem)

2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 05564

In the Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468–a. Committee on Professional Standards, Petitioner; YIJUN CHAO, Respondent.

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, New York.

June 25, 2015.

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

Yijun Chao, Bejing, China, respondent pro se.

Before: LAHTINEN, J.P., EGAN JR., ROSE and DEVINE, JJ.

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Respondent, who was admitted to practice by this Court in 2001, 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 A.D.3d 1020 [2014] ).

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

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.

LAHTINEN, J.P., EGAN JR., ROSE and DEVINE, JJ., concur.