Matter of Thomas

Matter of Thomas 2021 NY Slip Op 03240 Decided on May 20, 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:May 20, 2021
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[*1]In the Matter of David Alan Thomas, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 2380640.)

Calendar Date:May 17, 2021
Before:Garry, P.J., Egan Jr., Lynch, Clark and Colangelo, JJ.

David Alan Thomas, Metuchen, New Jersey, 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.

David Alan Thomas was admitted to practice by this Court in 1991 and lists a business address in Metuchen, New Jersey with the Office of Court Administration. Thomas 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 Thomas' application.

Upon reading Thomas' affidavit sworn to February 26, 2021 and filed March 1, 2021, and upon reading the May 10, 2021 correspondence in response by the Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Thomas is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation.

Garry, P.J., Egan Jr., Lynch, Clark and Colangelo, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that David Alan Thomas' application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further

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