| Matter of Wachtler; Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judic |
| Motion No: 1993-04807 |
| Slip Opinion No: 2007 NYSlipOp 79678(U) |
| Decided on October 1, 2007 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department, Motion Decision |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports. |
Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department
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A. GAIL PRUDENTI, P.J.
HOWARD MILLER
ROBERT W. SCHMIDT
STEPHEN G. CRANE
DAVID S. RITTER, JJ.
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1993-04807 In the Matter of Sol Wachtler, admitted as Solomon Wachtler, a disbarred attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 1189752)
| DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION FOR REINSTATEMENT |
Motion by the respondent, Sol Wachtler, for an order reinstating him as an attorney and counselor-at-law or, in the alternative, referring this matter to the Committee on Character and Fitness for a hearing and report. The respondent was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on April 4, 1956, under the name Solomon Wachtler. By opinion and order of this court dated August 2, 1993, the respondent was disbarred upon his submission of a resignation, dated July 20, 1993, which followed his plea of guilty in the United States District Court in Trenton, New Jersey, on March 31, 1993, to a violation of 18 USC § 875(c), a Federal felony. The respondent's first application for reinstatement was denied by decision and order on application of this court dated April 14, 2003. By decision and order on motion of this court dated February 6, 2007, the respondent's motion was granted to the extent that the matter was referred to the Committee on Character and Fitness to investigate and report on the respondent 's current fitness to be an attorney, including but not limited to an updated report from his treating physician, and the motion was otherwise held in abeyance in the interim.
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, the respondent, Sol Wachtler, admitted as Solomon Wachtler, is reinstated as an attorney and counselor-at-law and the Clerk of the Court is directed to restore the name of Sol Wachtler, admitted as Solomon Wachtler, to the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law.
PRUDENTI, P.J., MILLER, SCHMIDT, CRANE and RITTER, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
James Edward Pelzer
Clerk of the Court