Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a [Cornetta]

Opinion

State of New York

Supreme Court, Appellate Division Third Judicial Department Decided and Entered: November 19, 2015 D-79-15

In the Matter of ATTORNEYS IN VIOLATION OF JUDICIARY LAW § 468-a.

COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL MEMORANDUM AND ORDER STANDARDS, ON MOTION Petitioner;

RICHARD ROBERT CORNETTA JR., Respondent.

(Attorney Registration No. 2410496)

Calendar Date: September 21, 2015

Before: Garry, J.P., Lynch, Devine and Clark, JJ.

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

Richard Robert Cornetta Jr., Duxbury, Massachusetts, respondent pro se.

Per Curiam.

Respondent, who was admitted to practice by this Court in 1991, 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 AD3d 1020 [2014]).

Respondent now requests reinstatement on the ground that hw has complied with the attorney registration requirements of Judiciary Law § 468-a and the Rules of the Chief Administrator of

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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.

Garry, J.P., Lynch, Devine and Clark, JJ., concur.

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.

ENTER:

Robert D. Mayberger Clerk of the Court