Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a (Donkervoort), 2022 NY Slip Op 07132 [211 AD3d 1317]

December 15, 2022

Appellate Division, Third Department

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In the Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a. Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Petitioner; Elizabeth B. Donkervoort, Also Known as Elizabeth Baldrey Tasick, Respondent. (Attorney Registration No. 4957676.)

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

Elizabeth Baldrey Tasick, Tacoma, Washington, respondent pro se.

Motion by respondent for an order reinstating her to the practice of law following her suspension by September 2022 order of this Court ( Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a , 208 AD3d 1421 , 1428 [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 September 20, 2022, and the October 20, 2022 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 Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a [Katz] , 166 AD3d 1469 , 1470 [3d Dept 2018]), 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.

Lynch, J.P., Clark, Aarons, Pritzker and Reynolds Fitzgerald, JJ., concur..