In re Schneider

Decision Date23 June 2022
Docket NumberCase No. 2021-02356,Motion No. 2022-02013
Citation2022 NY Slip Op 67822 (U)
PartiesIn the Matter of the Application of Edward A. Schneider (admitted as Edward Alan Schneider), (OCA Atty. Reg. No. 2521946), a suspended attorney: Petitioner, For Reinstatement to the Bar of The State of New York, Attorney Grievance Committee for the First Judicial Department, Respondent.
CourtNew York Supreme Court — Appellate Division
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION

Present - Hon. Dianne T. Renwick, Justice Presiding, Barbara R. Kapnick Ellen Gesmer Saliann Scarpulla John R. Higgitt, Justices.

An order of this Court, having been entered on January 4, 2022 (M-2021-03585), suspending petitioner (who, as Edward Alan Schneider, was admitted to practice as an attorney and counselor-at-law in the State of New York at a Term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court for the Second Judicial Department on May 5, 1993), from the practice of law for period of three months, effective February 4, 2022, and until further order of this Court, And, petitioner, by his attorney Randall T. Tesser, Esq., having moved this Court on May 31, 2022, for an order pursuant to 22 NYCRR 1240.16(d) reinstating him as an attorney and counselor-at-law in the State of New York, And petitioner having filed an affidavit of compliance as required by 22 NYCRR 1240.15(f), And the Attorney Grievance Committee, by Jorge Dopico, its Chief Attorney (Orlando Reyes, Esq., of counsel), having submitted an affirmation, dated May 18, 2022, stating, inter alia, that it does not oppose petitioner's reinstatement, And the Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection having submitted a letter, dated May 17, 2022, stating they have no objection to the relief sought, Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and due deliberation having been had thereon, it is unanimously, ORDERED that the motion is granted and petitioner Edward A. Schneider, admitted as Edward Alan Schneider, is reinstated as an attorney and counselor-at-law in the State of New York, effective the date hereof.

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