Matter of Martin

Matter of Martin 2017 NY Slip Op 04032 Decided on May 18, 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: May 18, 2017

[*1]In the Matter of MICHAEL CRAIG MARTIN II, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 4897534)

Calendar Date: May 15, 2017
Before: Peters, P.J., McCarthy, Garry, Clark and Aarons, JJ.

Michael Craig Martin II, Seattle, Washington, 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

Michael Craig Martin II was admitted to practice by this Court in 2011 and lists a business address in Seattle, Washington with the Office of Court Administration. Martin 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 Martin's application.

Upon reading the affidavit of Martin sworn to January 16, 2017, 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 Martin is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation.

Peters, P.J., McCarthy, Garry, Clark and Aarons, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that Michael Craig Martin II's application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further

ORDERED that Michael Craig Martin II'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, effective immediately, Michael Craig Martin II is commanded to desist and refrain from the practice of law in any form in the State of New York, either as principal or [*2]as agent, clerk or employee of another; and Martin 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 himself out in any way as an attorney and counselor-at-law in this State; and it is further

ORDERED that Michael Craig Martin II shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him.