Matter of Skaggs

Matter of Skaggs 2020 NY Slip Op 04435 Decided on August 6, 2020 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: August 6, 2020
PM-103-20

[*1]In the Matter of Rory Lawrence Skaggs, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 5157904.)

Calendar Date: August 3, 2020
Before: Lynch, J.P., Clark, Mulvey, Aarons and Pritzker, JJ.

Rory Lawrence Skaggs, Washington, DC, pro se.

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

Per Curiam.

Rory Lawrence Skaggs was admitted to practice by this Court in 2013 and lists a business address in Washington, DC with the Office of Court Administration. Skaggs 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.

As is noted by AGC, Skaggs is presently delinquent in his New York attorney registration requirements, having failed to register for the most recent biennial period beginning in 2019 (see Judiciary Law § 468-a; Rules of the Chief Admin of Cts [22 NYCRR] § 118.1). Inasmuch as Skaggs 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 Skaggs 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]).

Lynch, J.P., Clark, Mulvey, Aarons and Pritzker, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that Rory Lawrence Skaggs's application for permission to resign is denied.