Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a (Hong Ye)

2023 NY Slip Op 03279

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: June 15, 2023
• Docket: PM-124-23
• Status: Published

Opinion

Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a (Hong Ye) (2023 NY Slip Op 03279)

Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a (Hong Ye)

2023 NY Slip Op 03279

Decided on June 15, 2023

Appellate Division, Third Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided and Entered:June 15, 2023

PM-124-23

[*1]In the Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a. Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Petitioner; Hong Ye, Respondent. (Attorney Registration No. 2821759.)

Calendar Date:March 13, 2023
Before:Egan Jr., J.P., Lynch, Aarons, Pritzker and Ceresia, JJ., concur.

Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.

Hong Ye, Flower Mound, Texas, respondent pro se.

Motion by respondent for an order reinstating him to the practice of law following his suspension by September 2022 order of this Court (Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a, 208 AD3d 1421, 1444 [3d Dept 2022]; see Rules for Attorney Disciplinary Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.16; Rules of App Div, 3d Dept [22 NYCRR] § 806.16).

Upon reading respondent's notice of motion and affidavit with exhibits sworn to January 25, 2023 and the March 10, 2023 responsive correspondence from the Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, and having determined, by clear and convincing evidence, that (1) respondent has complied with the order of suspension and the rules of this Court, (2) respondent has the requisite character and fitness to practice law, and (3) it would be in the public interest to reinstate respondent to the practice of law (see Rules for Attorney Disciplinary Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.16 [a]), it is

ORDERED that respondent's motion for reinstatement is granted; and it is further

ORDERED that respondent is reinstated as an attorney and counselor-at-law, effective immediately.

Egan Jr., J.P., Lynch, Aarons, Pritzker and Ceresia, JJ., concur.