Matter of Pisano

Matter of Pisano 2013 NY Slip Op 06422 Decided on October 3, 2013 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 3, 2013

[*1]In the Matter of JENNIFER A. HEINER PISANO, an Attorney. COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, Petitioner; JENNIFER A. HEINER PISANO, Respondent. (Attorney Registration No. 4853594)

Calendar Date: August 26, 2013
Before: Rose, J.P., Lahtinen, Stein and McCarthy, JJ.


Monica A. Duffy, Committee on Professional
Standards, Albany (Michael G. Gaynor of counsel), for petitioner.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

Per Curiam.

Respondent was admitted to practice by this Court in 2010. She maintained an office for the practice of law in New Jersey, where she was admitted to the bar in 2009.

By order dated May 24, 2013, the Supreme Court of New Jersey disbarred respondent upon her consent for, among other things, converting funds from a real estate closing. Petitioner now moves for an order imposing discipline pursuant to this Court's rules (see 22 NYCRR 806.19) as a result of respondent's disbarment in New Jersey. Respondent has not replied or otherwise appeared in response to the motion.

We grant petitioner's motion and we further conclude that, under the circumstances presented and in the interest of justice, respondent should be disbarred in this state.

Rose, J.P., Lahtinen, Stein and McCarthy, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that petitioner's motion is granted; and it is further [*2]

ORDERED that respondent is disbarred and her name is stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law of the State of New York, effective immediately; and it is further

ORDERED that respondent is commanded to desist and refrain from the practice of law in any form, either as principal or as agent, clerk or employee of another; and respondent 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; and it is further

ORDERED that respondent shall comply with the provisions of this Court's rules regulating the conduct of disbarred attorneys (see 22 NYCRR 806.9).