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  "full_text": "Case 1:20-cv-00330-PAE Document 1616320 Filed 02/24/22 Page 25 of 117 A-5840 Westlaw Page 1 80 A.3d 168, 913 N.Y.S.2d 187, 2010 N.Y. Slip Op. 09090 (Cite as: 80 A.3d 168, 913 N.Y.S.2d 187) H Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York. In the Matter of Catherine M. CONRAD, a suspended attorney: Departmental Disciplinary Committee for the First Judicial Department, Petitioner, Catherine M. Conrad, Respondent. Dec. 9, 2010. Background: Departmental Disciplinary Committee instituted disciplinary proceedings against attorney. The Supreme Court, Appellate Division, 48 A.D.3d 187, 846 N.Y.S.2d 912, suspended attorney from practice of law for failure to respond to requests made by Committee pursuant to its investigations of complaints made against her. Committee subsequently moved for order suspending attorney on ground that she suffered from disability by reason of physical or mental infirmity or illness. Attorney cross-moved for order converting her current suspension to medical suspension nunc pro tunc and order vacating suspension and reinstating her to practice of law. Holdings: The Supreme Court, Appellate Division, held that: (1) attorney's immediate reinstatement was not warranted, and (2) attorney was required to prove her fitness to be reinstated. Suspension ordered. West Headnotes [1] Attorney and Client 45 45I The Office of Attorney 451(C) Discipline 45k61 k. Reinstatement. Most Cited Cases Immediate reinstatement of suspended attorney to practice of law was not warranted; alcohol dependence rendered attorney unfit to practice law, and attorney acknowledged during her deposition that her failure to cooperate and her underlying conduct was related to alcohol dependency. N.Y.Ct.Rules, §§ 603.16(c)(1), (f). [2] Attorney and Client 45 45I The Office of Attorney 451(C) Discipline 45k61 k. Reinstatement. Most Cited Cases Attorney who was suspended from practice of law due to her alcohol dependence was required to prove her fitness to be reinstated, and that burden could not be satisfied by attorney's own self-assessment; rather, evaluation by © 2011 Thomson Reuters. No Claim to Orig. US Gov. Works. PMD 20 DOJ-OGR-00009444",
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