The New York Appellate Division for the Third Judicial Department has reinstated an attorney who had resigned for non-disciplinary reasons

Jessica Marie Tuve was admitted to practice by this Court in 2008 after previously being admitted in New Jersey in 2007. She most recently practiced with a law firm in New Jersey but took on retired status in that jurisdiction in 2012 and, later that same year, she successfully applied to this Court for leave to resign from the New York bar. Tuve now applies for reinstatement…

Here, Tuve has completed the requisite form affidavit, and the information provided therein raises no issues concerning her character or fitness for the practice of law in New York. As to Tuve’s legal education and experience, however, her application materials reveal that she has been completely separated from the practice of law, both in New York and elsewhere, for more than six years. Notably, such an attenuation from practice would likely render Tuve ineligible for admission on motion were she seeking such relief in the first instance (see Rules of Ct of Appeals [22 NYCRR] § 520.10 [a] [2]; see also Rules of Ct of Appeals [22 NYCRR] § 520.12 [d]). Furthermore, as is noted by AGC, Tuve has only accumulated a single hour of accredited continuing legal education (hereinafter CLE) during the preceding six-plus years. Accordingly, under the circumstances, we grant Tuve’s application for reinstatement conditioned upon her completion of 15 credit hours of CLE, over and above such CLE as would be required of her upon her resumption of practice in New York

(Mike Frisch)