Matter of Howard

Matter of Howard 2017 NY Slip Op 00379 Decided on January 19, 2017 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: January 19, 2017

[*1]In the Matter of WILLIAM FRANKLIN HOWARD, an Attorney.

(Attorney Registration No. 5030291) Calendar Date: January 11, 2017
Before: McCarthy, J.P., Garry, Rose, Clark and Mulvey, JJ.

William Franklin Howard, Baltimore, Maryland, pro se.

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

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

William Franklin Howard was admitted to practice by this Court in 2012 and lists a business address in Baltimore, Maryland with the Office of Court Administration. Howard now seeks leave to resign from the New York bar for nondisciplinary reasons (see Uniform Rules for Attorney Disciplinary Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.22 [a]). The Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department advises that it does not oppose Howard's application.

Upon reading the affidavit of Howard sworn to August 17, 2016, and upon reading the correspondence in response by the Chief Attorney for the Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, and having determined that Howard is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation.

McCarthy, J.P., Garry, Rose, Clark and Mulvey, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that William Franklin Howard's application to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further

ORDERED that William Franklin Howard'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 Uniform Rules for Attorney Disciplinary Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.22 [b]); and it is further

ORDERED that William Franklin Howard shall, within 30 days of the date of this [*2]decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him.