Opinion
D–8–18
02-01-2018
In the MATTER OF Melvin M. MARIN, a Suspended Attorney. Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Petitioner; v. Melvin M. Marin, Respondent. (Attorney Registration No. 2514693)
DECISION AND ORDER ON MOTIONMotion by respondent, returnable December 18, 2017, for an order vacating, ab initio, this Court's prior order suspending him from the practice of law ( Matter of Marin, 250 A.D.2d 997, 673 N.Y.S.2d 247 [1998], appeal dismissed 92 N.Y.2d 945, 681 N.Y.S.2d 475, 704 N.E.2d 228 [1998], lv denied 92 N.Y.2d 818, 685 N.Y.S.2d 420, 708 N.E.2d 177 [1999] ), and, among other things, relieving him of his obligation to comply with the duties imposed upon New York attorneys pursuant to Judiciary Law § 468–a and directing the Clerk of the Court to issue a statement confirming that respondent has continually been in good standing as a member of the New York bar since his original admission to the practice of law by this Court in 1992.
Upon the papers filed in support of the motion, the papers filed in opposition, and the papers filed in reply thereto, it is
ORDERED that the motion is denied, without costs.
Egan Jr., J.P., Lynch, Clark, Mulvey and Pritzker, JJ., concur.