Matter of Reed

130 A.D.3d 1360, 12 N.Y.S.3d 919

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: July 23, 2015
• Docket: D-54-15
• Status: Published

Opinion

Per Curiam.

John Walter Reed Jr. was admitted to practice by this Court in 1995. He was also admitted to practice in California that same year, where he maintains an office for the practice of law.

By order issued April 28, 2014, the State Bar Court of California approved a stipulation that Reed entered into with the California State Bar whereby he admitted that he violated California Business and Professions Code §§ 6125 and 6126 and willfully violated California Business and Professions Code § 6068 (a) by practicing law while not an active member of the California bar. On the basis of such stipulation, a public reproval, with terms, was imposed. The Committee on Professional Standards now moves to impose discipline upon Reed pursuant to Rules of the Appellate Division, Third Department (22 NYCRR) § 806.19 due to the discipline imposed in California. Reed has not replied or responded to the Committee’s motion (see Matter of Halbfish, 78 AD3d 1320, 1321 [2010]).

Upon consideration of all the facts and circumstances, includ ing the discipline imposed in California, we grant the Committee’s motion and hold that Reed should be censured (see Matter of Karnazes, 76 AD3d 1138, 1139 [2010]; Matter of Fowler, 63 AD3d 1503, 1504 [2009]).

McCarthy, J.R, Rose, Lynch and Devine, JJ., concur. Ordered that the motion of the Committee on Professional Standards is granted; and it is further ordered that John Walter Reed Jr. is censured.