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By Scheinkman, P.J., Mastro, Rivera, Dillon, Lasalle, JJ. IN THE MATTER OF LESLIE ANDREWS, A SUSPENDED ATTORNEY. GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE FOR THE NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, pet; LESLIE ANDREWS, res — The respondent was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on February 3, 1993. By opinion and order of this Court dated April 2, 2020, the respondent was suspended from the practice of law for a period of two years, commencing May 4, 2020 (see Matter of Andrews, 183 AD3d 164). By order to show cause of this Court dated April 2, 2020, upon a finding that the respondent had willfully misappropriated money in the practice of law, the respondent was directed to show cause why an order should not be made and entered, pursuant to Judiciary Law §90(6-a), directing him to make restitution to John Reed and Elizabeth Reed in the amount of $11,500. Now, upon the order to show cause, and the papers filed in response thereto, it is ORDERED that pursuant to Judiciary Law §90(6-a)(a), the respondent, Leslie Andrews, a suspended attorney, shall reimburse the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection of the State of New York for any award made to John Reed and Elizabeth Reed; and it is further, ORDERED that in the event that no award has been made by the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection of the State of New York to John Reed and Elizabeth Reed, the respondent, Leslie Andrews, a suspended attorney, shall make monetary restitution to John Reed and Elizabeth Reed, in the amount of $11,500, pursuant to Judiciary Law §90(6-a); and it is further, ORDERED that in the event that a partial award has been made by the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection of the State of New York to John Reed and Elizabeth Reed, the respondent, Leslie Andrews, a suspended attorney, shall make partial monetary restitution to John Reed and Elizabeth Reed to the extent that they have not been fully reimbursed, pursuant to Judiciary Law §90(6-a); and it is further, ORDERED that pursuant to Judiciary Law §90(6-a)(d), this order may be entered as a civil judgment, and such judgment shall be enforceable as a money judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction by the party to whom payments are due hereunder in the amount set forth herein less any amount reimbursed by the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection or by the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection when it has been subrogated to the rights of such party. SCHEINKMAN, P.J., MASTRO, RIVERA, DILLON and LASALLE, JJ., concur.
