Matter of Deming

Matter of Deming 2021 NY Slip Op 00362 Decided on January 21, 2021 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: January 21, 2021
PM-05-21

[*1]In the Matter of Meredith Tavenner Shepherd Deming, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 5032669.)

Calendar Date: January 19, 2021
Before: Egan Jr., J.P., Lynch, Clark, Aarons and Colangelo, JJ.

Meredith Tavenner Shepherd Deming, Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, 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.

Meredith Tavenner Shepherd Deming was admitted to practice by this Court in 2012 and lists a business address in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania with the Office of Court Administration. Shepherd Deming 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, Shepherd Deming is presently not current in her New York attorney registration requirements, having failed to register for the biennial period beginning in 2020 (see Judiciary Law § 468-a; Rules of the Chief Admin of Cts [22 NYCRR] § 118.1). Inasmuch as Shepherd Deming 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]), she is ineligible for nondisciplinary resignation and her 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 Shepherd Deming must be supported by proof of her 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, Clark, Aarons and Colangelo, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that Meredith Tavenner Shepherd Deming's application for permission to resign is denied.