In the Matter of Kehinde Oluwaranti Jobi, Motion No. Case No. 2023-00084
2008-00178 is the decision which permits the attorney who resigned in the face of legal malpractice claims and a disciplinary committee investigation in 1995 to be reinstated if payments on two legal malpractice judgments continue.
“And an order of this Court having been entered on August 2, 2022 denying
respondent Attorney Grievance Committee’s application for an order confirming the
Referee’s report recommending that reinstatement be denied, and granting petitioner’s
cross motion for an order disaffirming the Referee’s report, and ordering that petitioner
be reinstated to the practice of law in the State of New York upon her providing the
Court and the Committee with proof that she has entered into payment plans with
respect to the two outstanding legal malpractice judgments against her and the default
judgment against her obtained by the S. Family, and directing that thereafter, petitioner
provide the Committee with a progress report, every six months, regarding the status of her efforts with respect to the payment plans (Motion Nos. 2022-02132 and 2022-
02428), And petitioner, upon her submission of an affidavit of compliance with this
Court’s August 2, 2022 order, sworn to on December 29, 2022, having moved this Court
for an order pursuant to 22 NYCRR 1240.16(a) and (b) reinstating her as an attorney
and counselor-at-law in the State of New York,
And the Committee, by Jorge Dopico, its Chief Attorney (Remi Shea, of counsel) having submitted an affirmation stating, inter alia, that it does not oppose petitioner’s motion for reinstatement,
Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and due
deliberation having been had thereon, it is unanimously,
ORDERED that petitioner’s motion for reinstatement is granted, and petitioner Kehinde Oluwaranti Jobi is reinstated as an attorney and counselor-at-law in the State
of New York, effective the date hereof, upon the conditions that she continue to provide
the Committee with the six-month progress reports required by the August 2, 2022
order, until completion of the payment plans, and that she immediately register with
and pay to the Office of Court Administration any applicable registration fees in
compliance with Judiciary Law § 468-a.”