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Date Created: 2024-02-08 17:07:13.749636+00
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Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a (Gallagher) (2024 NY Slip Op 00670)

Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a (Gallagher)

2024 NY Slip Op 00670

Decided on February 8, 2024

Appellate Division, Third Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided and Entered:February 8, 2024

PM-18-24
[*1]In the Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a. Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Petitioner; Grace Marie Walsh Gallagher, Respondent. (Attorney Registration No. 2850097.)

Calendar Date:January 22, 2024

Before:Garry, P.J., Egan Jr., Clark, Aarons and Lynch, JJ., concur. 

Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany (Alison M. Coan of counsel), for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.
Grace Marie Walsh Gallagher, Vernon Hills, Illinois, respondent pro se.

Motion by respondent for an order reinstating her to the practice of law following her suspension by September 2022 order of this Court (Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a, 208 AD3d 1421, 1429 [3d Dept 2022]; see Rules for Atty Disciplinary Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.16; Rules of App Div, 3d Dept [22 NYCRR] § 806.16).
Upon reading respondent's notice of motion and affidavit with exhibits filed December 18, 2023, and the January 16, 2024 responsive correspondence from the Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, and having determined, by clear and convincing evidence, that (1) respondent has complied with the order of suspension and the rules of this Court, (2) respondent has the requisite character and fitness to practice law, and (3) it would be in the public interest to reinstate respondent to the practice of law (see Rules for Atty Disciplinary Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.16 [a]), it is
ORDERED that respondent's motion for reinstatement is granted; and it is further
ORDERED that respondent is reinstated as an attorney and counselor-at-law, effective immediately.
Garry, P.J., Egan Jr., Clark, Aarons and Lynch, JJ., concur.