Matter of O'Connor

Matter of O'Connor 2021 NY Slip Op 04951 Decided on September 9, 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:September 9, 2021
PM-115-21

[*1]In the Matter of Bridget O'Connor, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 2660678.)

Calendar Date:September 7, 2021
Before:Garry, P.J., Lynch, Clark, Aarons and Colangelo, JJ.

Bridget O'Connor, Bethesda, Maryland, 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.

Bridget O'Connor was admitted to practice by this Court in 1995 and lists a business address in Washington, DC with the Office of Court Administration. O'Connor 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) advises that it defers to the discretion of the Court as to O'Connor's application.

Upon reading O'Connor's affidavit sworn to May 20, 2021 and filed May 24, 2021, and upon reading the August 24, 2021 correspondence in response by the Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that O'Connor is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant her application and accept her resignation.

Garry, P.J., Lynch, Clark, Aarons and Colangelo, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that Bridget O'Connor's application for permission to resign is granted and her nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further

ORDERED that Bridget O'Connor'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 Rules for Attorney Disciplinary Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.22 [b]); and it is further

ORDERED that Bridget O'Connor is commanded to desist and refrain from the practice of law in any form in the State of New York, either as principal or as agent, clerk or employee of another; and O'Connor 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 herself out in any way as an attorney and counselor-at-law in this State; and it is further

ORDERED that Bridget O'Connor shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to her.