Matter of Weiss , 2021 NY Slip Op 04230 ( 2021 )

Matter of Weiss (2021 NY Slip Op 04230)

Matter of Weiss

2021 NY Slip Op 04230

Decided on July 7, 2021

Appellate Division, Second Department

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Decided on July 7, 2021 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
HECTOR D. LASALLE, P.J.
WILLIAM F. MASTRO
REINALDO E. RIVERA
MARK C. DILLON
LEONARD B. AUSTIN, JJ.

2016-02579 ON MOTION

[*1]In the Matter of Abraham Chaim Weiss, a suspended attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 4371332)

DECISION & ORDER

Motion by Abraham Chaim Weiss for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Weiss was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on July 26, 2006. By opinion and order of this Court dated December 27, 2017, Mr. Weiss was suspended from the practice of law for a period of two years, effective January 26, 2018 (see Matter of Weiss, 157 AD3d 87). By decision and order on motion of this Court dated June 26, 2020, Mr. Weiss's motion for reinstatement was held in abeyance and the matter was referred to a Committee on Character and Fitness to investigate and report on his character and 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, Abraham Chaim Weiss is reinstated as an attorney and counselor-at-law, and the Clerk of the Court is directed to restore the name of Abraham Chaim Weiss to the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law.

LASALLE, P.J., MASTRO, RIVERA, DILLON, and AUSTIN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court