Matter of Hadid

Matter of Hadid 2018 NY Slip Op 02708 Decided on April 19, 2018 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: April 19, 2018

[*1]In the Matter of JASON HADID, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 4517165)

Calendar Date: April 16, 2018
Before: Egan Jr., J.P., Lynch, Mulvey, Rumsey and Pritzker, JJ.

Jason Hadid, Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada, 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

Jason Hadid was admitted to practice by this Court in 2007 and lists a business address in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with the Office of Court Administration. Hadid 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) opposes the application by correspondence from its Chief Attorney, and Hadid has submitted correspondence in reply.

As is noted by AGC, Hadid is presently not current in his New York attorney registration requirements, having failed to timely register for the biennial period beginning in 2017 (see Judiciary Law § 468-a; Rules of the Chief Admin of Cts [22 NYCRR] § 118.1). Inasmuch as Hadid is therefore subject to potential disciplinary action (see Judiciary Law § 468-a [5]; Rules of

Professional Conduct [22 NYCRR 1200.0] rule 8.4 [d]; see also Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a, 113 AD3d 1020, 1021 [2014]), he is ineligible for nondisciplinary resignation and his application must be denied (see Matter of Cluff, 148 AD3d 1346, 1346 [2017]; Matter of Bomba, 146 AD3d 1226, 1226-1227 [2017]). Further, any future application by Hadid must be supported by proof of his full satisfaction of the requirements of Judiciary Law § 468-a and Rules of the Chief Administrator of the Courts (22 NYCRR) § 118.1 (see Matter of Frank, 146 AD3d 1228, 1228-1229 [2017]).

Egan Jr., J.P., Lynch, Mulvey, Rumsey and Pritzker, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that Jason Hadid's application for permission to resign is denied.