Matter of Redlich , 2021 NY Slip Op 05389 ( 2021 )

Matter of Redlich (2021 NY Slip Op 05389)

Matter of Redlich

2021 NY Slip Op 05389

Decided on October 7, 2021

Appellate Division, Third Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided and Entered:October 7, 2021

PM-132-21

[*1]In the Matter of Warren Redlich, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 2707354.)

Calendar Date:October 4, 2021
Before:Garry, P.J., Clark, Aarons, Reynolds Fitzgerald and Colangelo, JJ.

Warren Redlich, Boca Raton, Florida, pro se.

Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.

Per Curiam.

Warren Redlich was admitted to practice by this Court in 1995 and lists a business address in Boca Raton, Florida with the Office of Court Administration. Redlich now seeks leave to resign from the New York bar for nondisciplinary reasons (see Rules for Attorney Disciplinary Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.22 [a]). The Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department (hereinafter AGC) opposes the application by correspondence from its Chief Attorney.

As is noted by AGC, Redlich is presently delinquent in his New York attorney registration requirements, having failed to register for the biennial period beginning in 2021 (see Judiciary Law § 468-a; Rules of the Chief Admin of Cts [22 NYCRR] § 118.1). Inasmuch as Redlich is therefore subject to potential disciplinary action (see Judiciary Law § 468-a [5]; Rules of Professional Conduct [22 NYCRR 1200.0] rule 8.4 [d]; see also Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a, 113 AD3d 1020, 1021 [2014]), he is ineligible for nondisciplinary resignation and his application must be denied (see Matter of Cluff, 148 AD3d 1346, 1346 [2017]; Matter of Bomba, 146 AD3d 1226, 1226-1227 [2017]). Further, any future application by Redlich must be supported by proof of his full satisfaction of the requirements of Judiciary Law § 468-a and Rules of the Chief Administrator of the Courts (22 NYCRR) § 118.1 (see Matter of Frank, 146 AD3d 1228, 1228-1229 [2017]).

Garry, P.J., Clark, Aarons, Reynolds Fitzgerald and Colangelo, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that Warren Redlich's application for permission to resign is denied.