Matter of Benhamou

Matter of Benhamou 2021 NY Slip Op 06598 Decided on November 24, 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:November 24, 2021
PM-164-21

[*1]In the Matter of Brian Gabriel Benhamou, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 4320263.)

Calendar Date:November 22, 2021
Before:Egan Jr., J.P., Lynch, Clark, Aarons and Pritzker, JJ.

Brian Gabriel Benhamou, Paris, France, 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.

Brian Gabriel Benhamou was admitted to practice by this Court in 2005. Benhamou 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 does not oppose Benhamou's application.

Upon reading Benhamou's affidavit sworn to September 8, 2021 and filed October 4, 2021, and upon reading the November 8, 2021 correspondence in response by the Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Benhamou is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation.

Egan Jr., J.P., Lynch, Clark, Aarons and Pritzker, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that Brian Gabriel Benhamou's application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further

ORDERED that Brian Gabriel Benhamou'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 Brian Gabriel Benhamou 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 Benhamou 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 Brian Gabriel Benhamou shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him.