No “Name Clearing Hearing”

The New York Appellate Division for the Second Judicial Department denied this relief

Motions by respondent, returnable April 16, 2018, for an order granting, among other things, reargument from this Court’s order denying respondent’s latest motion seeking vacatur of the 1998 order suspending him from the practice of law (158 AD3d 889 [2018]; see Matter of Marin, 250 AD2d 997 [1998], appeal dismissed 92 NY2d 945 [1998], lv denied 92 NY2d 818 [1998]), for leave to appeal from the order denying that motion, for assorted relief pursuant to CPLR 5015, for a “name clearing hearing” and other sundry relief. Said motions seek, among other things, relief from respondent’s obligation to comply with the duties imposed upon New York attorneys pursuant to Judiciary Law § 468-a and a direction to 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.

His only avenue forward is a petition for reinstatement. (Mike Frisch)