ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE FOR THE THIRD JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT v. 5513155 (2026)

DECISION AND ORDER

ON MOTION

Calendar Date:  May 18, 2026

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. Jeonghyuk Choi, Seoul, South Korea, respondent pro se.

Upon reading respondent's notice of motion and affidavit with exhibits sworn to April 8, 2026

and the May 12, 2026 responsive correspondence from the Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department,

and having determined, by clear and convincing evidence, that (1) respondent has satisfied the requirements of Rules of the Appellate Division, Third Department (22 NYCRR) § 806.16 (c) (5), (2) respondent has complied with the order of suspension and the rules of this Court, (3) respondent has the requisite character and

fitness to practice law,

and (4) 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.

Pritzker, J.P., Reynolds Fitzgerald, Ceresia, Mackey

Ryba, JJ., concur.