Matter of Cicale

Matter of Cicale 2020 NY Slip Op 02194 Decided on April 2, 2020 Appellate Division, Second Department Per Curiam 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 on April 2, 2020 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
ALAN D. SCHEINKMAN, P.J.
WILLIAM F. MASTRO
REINALDO E. RIVERA
MARK C. DILLON
RUTH C. BALKIN, JJ.
2020-00293

[*1]In the Matter of Robert L. Cicale, admitted as Robert Louis Cicale, an attorney and counselor-at-law. Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, petitioner; Robert L. Cicale, admitted as Robert Louis Cicale, respondent. (Attorney Registration No. 2578797)

MOTION by the Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District to strike the respondent's name from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(b), based upon his conviction of a felony. The respondent was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on January 5, 1994, under the name Robert Louis Cicale.

Catherine A. Sheridan, Hauppauge, NY (Rachel Merker of counsel), for petitioner.

PER CURIAM

OPINION & ORDER

. On September 13, 2019, the respondent pleaded guilty before the Honorable David Goodsell, in the County Court, Suffolk County, to the crime of attempted burglary in the second degree, in violation of New York Penal Law §§ 110 and 140.25(2), a class D felony.

The Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District moves to strike the respondent's name from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(b), based upon his felony conviction. Although the respondent was duly served, he has neither opposed the motion nor interposed any other response thereto.

Pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(a), the respondent was automatically disbarred and ceased to be an attorney upon his conviction of a felony.

Accordingly, the motion to strike the respondent's name from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(b), is granted to reflect the respondent's automatic disbarment as of September 13, 2019.

SCHEINKMAN, P.J., MASTRO, RIVERA, DILLON and BALKIN, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that the motion of the Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District is granted; and it is further,

ORDERED that pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(a), the respondent, Robert L. Cicale, admitted as Robert Louis Cicale, is disbarred, effective September 13, 2019, and his name is stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(b); [*2]and it is further,

ORDERED that the respondent, Robert L. Cicale, admitted as Robert Louis Cicale, shall comply with the rules governing the conduct of disbarred or suspended attorneys (see 22 NYCRR 1240.15); and it is further,

ORDERED that pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90, the respondent, Robert L. Cicale, admitted as Robert Louis Cicale, is commanded to desist and refrain from (1) practicing law in any form, either as principal or as agent, clerk, or employee of another, (2) appearing as an attorney or counselor-at-law before any court, Judge, Justice, board, commission, or other public authority, (3) giving to another an opinion as to the law or its application or any advice in relation thereto, and (4) holding himself out in any way as an attorney and counselor-at-law; and it is further,

ORDERED that if the respondent, Robert L. Cicale, admitted as Robert Louis Cicale, has been issued a secure pass by the Office of Court Administration, it shall be returned forthwith to the issuing agency, and the respondent shall certify to the same in his affidavit of compliance pursuant to 22 NYCRR 1240.15(f).

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court