Matter of Collotta

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Matter of Collotta

142 A.D.3d 1168, 37 N.Y.S.3d 912

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedSeptember 28, 2016

Docket2007-08389 ON MOTION

StatusPublished

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Matter of Collotta, 142 A.D.3d 1168, 37 N.Y.S.3d 912 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2016).

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Motion by Christopher K. Collotta for reinstatement to the bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Collotta was admitted to the bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on June 2, 2004, under the name Christopher Keith Collotta. By opinion and order of this Court dated August 12, 2008, Mr. Collotta was disbarred, effective October 4, 2007, based upon his convictions of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, in violation of 18 USC § 371, and committing securities fraud, in violation of 15 USC §§ 78j (b) and 78ff, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and his name was stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law. By decision *1169 and order on motion of this Court dated October 22, 2015, Mr. Collotta’s motion for reinstatement was referred to the Committee on Character and Fitness to investigate and report on his current character and general fitness to practice law.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in relation thereto, and upon the report of the Committee on Character and Fitness and the exhibits annexed thereto, it is

Ordered that the motion is granted; and it is further,

Ordered that, effective immediately, Christopher Keith Col-lotta is reinstated as an attorney and counselor-at-law, and the Clerk of the Court is directed to restore the name of Christopher Keith Collotta to the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law.

Eng, P.J., Rivera, Dillon, Balkin and Hall, JJ., concur.

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Motion by Christopher K. Collotta for reinstatement to the bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Collotta was admitted to the bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on June 2, 2004, under the name Christopher Keith Collotta. By opinion and order of this Court dated August 12, 2008, Mr. Collotta was disbarred, effective October 4, 2007, based upon his convictions of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, in violation of 18 USC § 371, and committing securities fraud, in violation of 15 USC §§ 78j (b) and 78ff, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and his name was stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law. By decision *1169 and order on motion of this Court dated October 22, 2015, Mr. Collotta’s motion for reinstatement was referred to the Committee on Character and Fitness to investigate and report on his current character and general fitness to practice law.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in relation thereto, and upon the report of the Committee on Character and Fitness and the exhibits annexed thereto, it is

Ordered that the motion is granted; and it is further,

Ordered that, effective immediately, Christopher Keith Col-lotta is reinstated as an attorney and counselor-at-law, and the Clerk of the Court is directed to restore the name of Christopher Keith Collotta to the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law.

Eng, P.J., Rivera, Dillon, Balkin and Hall, JJ., concur.

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142 A.D.3d 1168, 37 N.Y.S.3d 912, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/matter-of-collotta-nyappdiv-2016.

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