Matter of Benjamin, 2017 NY Slip Op 02642 [149 AD3d 731]

April 5, 2017

Appellate Division, Second Department

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In the Matter of Jeffrey M. Benjamin (Admitted as Jeffrey Marc Benjamin), a Suspended Attorney.

Motion by Jeffrey M. Benjamin for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Benjamin was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on July 26, 2000, under the name Jeffrey Marc Benjamin. By decision and order on application of this Court dated December 12, 2014, the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts was authorized to institute and prosecute a disciplinary proceeding against Mr. Benjamin based on a verified petition dated July 14, 2014, and the issues raised were referred to David I. Ferber, Esq., as Special Referee, to hear and report. By opinion and order of this Court dated May 4, 2016, Mr. Benjamin was suspended from the practice of law for a period of six months, commencing June 3, 2016, based on three charges of professional misconduct ( see Matter of Benjamin , 139 AD3d 110 [2016]).

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in relation thereto, it is

Ordered that the motion is granted; and it is further, Ordered that, effective immediately, Jeffrey Marc Benjamin is reinstated as an attorney and counselor-at-law, and the Clerk of the Court is directed to restore the name of Jeffrey Marc Benjamin to the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law. Eng, P.J., Mastro, Rivera, Dillon and Balkin, JJ., concur..