Case Name: In the Matter of William J. Fitzgerald
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1969-06-30
Citations: 32 A.D.2d 831
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of William J. Fitzgerald.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 32
Pages: 831–831

Head Matter:
(June 30, 1969)
In the Matter of William J. Fitzgerald.

Opinion:
This application by a former attorney for reinstatement as an attorney and eounselor-at-law was on January 2, 1969 referred to the Committee on Character and Fitness for the Second Judicial District for investigation, hearing, and report which would include recommendations. The committee's report has been received by the court. Upon charges of professional misconduct against petitioner and Bernard L. Broome in their practice .of law as associates, they were disbarred by this court, petitioner on October 24, 1960 and Broome on April 3, 1961. The Court of Appeals reversed Broome's disbarment and granted him a new hearing; thereafter Broome was again disbarred, but this court vacated that disbarment and, pursuant to his stipulations and an order of this court dated September 29, 1965, he was suspended from the Bar pending determination of the disciplinary proceeding against him; and on May 1, 1969 this court, after finding him guilty on three of the charges, restored him to the Bar in view of the fact, on the question of the extent of the discipline to be imposed, that he had been precluded from practice for more than eight years. The report of the Committee on Character and Fitness, dated June 16, 1969, states that "the Committee has found that the petitioner [Fitzgerald] presently possesses the requisite character and fitness for an attorney and eounselor-at-law and recommends that he be reinstated at the Bar." Under all the circumstances herein, the application is granted and -petitioner's name is directed to be restored to the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, effective forthwith. Beldock, P. J., Christ, Brennan, Rabin and Hopkins, JJ., concur.