Matter of Malone

Matter of Malone 2022 NY Slip Op 04345 Decided on July 7, 2022 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:July 7, 2022
PM-122-22

[*1]In the Matter of Patricia Marie Malone, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 2618874.)

Calendar Date:June 27, 2022
Before:Garry, P.J., Lynch, Ceresia, Fisher and McShan, JJ.

Patricia Marie Malone, Natick, Massachusetts, 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.

Patricia Marie Malone was admitted to practice by this Court in 1994 and lists a business address in Boston, Massachusetts with the Office of Court Administration. Malone 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, Malone is presently delinquent in her New York attorney registration requirements, having failed to register for the biennial period beginning in 2022 (see Judiciary Law § 468-a; Rules of the Chief Admin of Cts [22 NYCRR] § 118.1). Inasmuch as Malone 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 Malone 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]).

Garry, P.J., Lynch, Ceresia, Fisher and McShan, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that Patricia Marie Malone's application for permission to resign is denied.