Matter of Hugel , 2021 NY Slip Op 06595 ( 2021 )

Matter of Hugel (2021 NY Slip Op 06595)

Matter of Hugel

2021 NY Slip Op 06595

Decided on November 24, 2021

Appellate Division, Third Department

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

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Decided and Entered:November 24, 2021

PM-161-21

[*1]In the Matter of Christine Anne Hugel, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 4334793.)

Calendar Date:November 22, 2021
Before:Garry, P.J., Lynch, Clark, Aarons and Colangelo, JJ.

Christine Anne Hugel, Mississauga, Canada, 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.

Christine Anne Hugel was admitted to practice by this Court in 2005 and lists a business address in Mississauga, Canada with the Office of Court Administration. Hugel 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) advises that it does not oppose Hugel's application.

Upon reading Hugel's affidavit sworn to October 1, 2021 and filed November 1, 2021, and upon reading the November 8, 2021 correspondence in response by the Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Hugel is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant her application and accept her resignation.

Garry, P.J., Lynch, Clark, Aarons and Colangelo, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that Christine Anne Hugel's application for permission to resign is granted and her nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further

ORDERED that Christine Anne Hugel's name is hereby stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law of the State of New York, effective immediately, and until further order of this Court (see generally Rules for Attorney Disciplinary Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.22 [b]); and it is further

ORDERED that Christine Anne Hugel is commanded to desist and refrain from the practice of law in any form in the State of New York, either as principal or as agent, clerk or employee of another; and Hugel is hereby forbidden to appear as an attorney or counselor-at-law before any court, judge, justice, board, commission or other public authority, or to give to another an opinion as to the law or its application, or any advice in relation thereto, or to hold herself out in any way as an attorney and counselor-at-law in this State; and it is further

ORDERED that Christine Anne Hugel shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to her.