In the Matter of Zahra Mushtaq Cheema, a disbarred attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 5316609)

Motion by the respondent to vacate an opinion and order of this Court dated December 30, 2020, which disbarred her upon her default in answering a verified petition dated June 12, 2020, and to reopen the proceedings and declare the respondent’s verified answer dated December 31, 2020, timely served and filed, nunc pro tunc. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated July 15, 2022, the motion was granted to the extent that the proceeding was reopened and the verified answer dated December 31, 2020, was deemed timely served and filed, nunc pro tunc, the parties were directed to proceed with the disciplinary proceeding upon the charges set forth in the verified petition dated June 12, 2020, the matter was referred to the Honorable Ralph T. Gazzillo, as Special Referee, to hear and report on the charges set forth in the verified petition, and the motion was otherwise held in abeyance in the interim.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in opposition thereto, and upon the report of the Special Referee dated November 25, 2022, it is ORDERED that the portion of the motion previously held in abeyance is granted to the extent that the opinion and order of this Court dated December 30, 2020, is recalled and vacated, and the following opinion and order is substituted therefor: