Matter of Grant, 2021 NY Slip Op 02797 [194 AD3d 716]

May 5, 2021

Appellate Division, Second Department

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In the Matter of Jeffrey D. Grant, Admitted as Jeffrey David Grant, a Disbarred Attorney.

Motion by Jeffrey D. Grant for reinstatement to the Bar as an attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Grant was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department on June 21, 1982, under the name Jeffrey David Grant. By opinion and order of this Court dated December 16, 2002, Mr. Grant was disbarred upon his resignation, effective immediately, and his name was stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law ( Matter of Grant , 303 AD2d 7 [2002]). By decision and order on motion of this Court dated July 29, 2019, Mr. Grant’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, Jeffrey David Grant is reinstated as an attorney and counselor-at-law, and the Clerk of the Court is directed to restore the name of Jeffrey David Grant to the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law. Mastro, A.P.J., Rivera, Dillon, Chambers and Barros, JJ., concur..