In re Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a

258 A.D.2d 127, 689 N.Y.S.2d 100
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided May 6, 1999·Published·Cited by 97 cases

Opinion

OPINION OF THE COURT

Per Curiam.

Section 468-a of the Judiciary Law requires every resident and nonresident attorney admitted to practice in the State of New York to file a biennial registration statement with the administrative office of the courts. A biennial registration fee must be paid at the time the statement is filed. This registration statement, which is mailed every two years by the Office of Court Administration to every attorney so admitted, must be timely filed and the fee paid regardless of whether the at[128] tomey is actually engaged in the practice of law in New York or elsewhere. Attorneys who certify to the Chief Administrator of the Courts that they have retired from the practice of law are exempt from paying the registration fee at the time the statement is filed. Subdivision (5) of the statute provides further that “ [n] oncompliance by an attorney with the provisions of this section and the rules promulgated hereunder shall constitute conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice and shall be referred to the appropriate appellate division of the supreme court for disciplinary action.”

Pursuant to this provision, petitioner Departmental Disciplinary Committee seeks an order suspending from the practice of law certain attorneys who are in violation of the statute, in that they have failed to file the registration statement and pay the registration fee for one or more registration periods after due notification. This Court has previously held that failure to register, or reregister, and pay the biennial registration fee is professional misconduct warranting discipline (see, Matter of Horoshko, 218 AD2d 339, 341). By orders entered April 24, 1997 (230 AD2d 366), February 3, 1998 (240 AD2d 106) and September 17, 1998 (247 AD2d 158) this Court granted similar motions and suspended those attorneys whose names were enumerated on an attached schedule for such failure to register, or re-register, and pay the registration fee.

The attorneys in question have received notification of their noncompliance in the following manner. The Office of Court Administration mailed each of the defaulting attorneys two notices to their last known business. address and one notice to their last known home address. Attorneys who remained in default following these three notices were referred to the Departmental Disciplinary Committee, which mailed a notice of an imminent suspension motion to the last known business address of the subject attorney. Pursuant to the order of this Court dated November 25, 1998 (M-7578), which provided for service of the suspension motion by publication in the New York Law Journal for five consecutive days, a list of the defaulting attorneys along with their last known business addresses was so published commencing January 4, 1999. Following publication, the motion was called in open court on January 25, 1999. Those attorneys who remain in noncompliance with Judiciary Law § 468-a despite the notification and motion process described are the subject of petitioner’s motion for suspension.

Accordingly, due to the continued failure to comply with the statute, petitioner’s motion to suspend such attorneys shall be [129] granted to the extent of suspending those attorneys whose names are enumerated in the attached schedule from the practice of law in the State of New York, effective 30 days from the date of this order, until further order of this Court.

Ellerin, P. J., Nardelli, Williams, Mazzarelli and Saxe, JJ., concur.

Petitioner’s application granted to the extent of suspending from the practice of law in the State of New York those attorneys whose names are enumerated in the schedule attached to the opinion Per Curiam, effective June 7, 1999, and until the further order of this Court, as indicated. [As amended by unpublished orders entered May 27, June 10, 17, 22, July 1, 15, 22, 29, Aug. 5, Sept. 2, 16, 23, Oct. 12, Dec. 7, 21, 1999, Jan. 4 and 20, 2000.]

NAME LAST KNOWN ADDRESS ADMITTED DATE/YEAR DEPT.
Paavola, Lance Gordon RD 2, Box 182 Tyler Hollow Road Spencer, NY 14883 6-28-78 1
Paduano, James Anthony One Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10020 1968 2
Pahura, James Michael Legal Aid Society 1020 Grand Concourse Bronx, NY 10451 10-6-75 1
Pallet, Bruce Stuart Reid & Priest 40 West 57th Street New York, NY 10019 1986 2
Palazzo, Marc A. Hill Betts & Nash 1 World Trade Center Suite 5215 New York, NY 10048 7-8-85 1
Paluch, Ann Marie Chemical Bank 380 Madison Avenue 9th Floor New York, NY 10017 1983 4
Palwick, Alan 305 West End Avenue New York, NY 10023 1951 2
Pam, Hope Mara Weil Gotshal & Manges 767 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10153 1993 2
Panzer, Alan Joel Taub & Carmel, Inc. 33 Rector Street 11th Floor New York, NY 10006 4-13-70 1
Paoli, Maria Dolores Northern Spring Co., Inc. 80 Wall Street Mezzanine Floor New York, NY 10005 4-15-85 1
Pardo, Monica C. 324 West 20th Street New York, NY 10011 4-14-86 1
[130] NAME LAST KNOWN ADDRESS ADMITTED DATE/YEAR DEPT.
Paris, Michael F. Harlem Legal Services, Inc. 144 West 125th Street 3rd Floor New York, NY 10027 5-23-88 1
Pariser, Michael Matthew Bender & Co., Inc. 11 Penn Plaza New York, NY 10001 1981 2
Parker, Catherine T. Keenan Powers & Andrews 130 Cedar Street New York, NY 10006 1991 2
Parker, Jeffrey Miles 247 East 52nd Steet New York, NY 10022 1975 2
Parker, Kimmberley Louise 765 Amsterdam Avenue New York, NY 10025 6-13-88 1
Parks, Kevin Nims Howes Collison & Isner 500 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10110 3-4-85 1
Patashny, Gary M. 315 West 23rd Street Apt. 7C New York, NY 10011 6-2-86 1
Paul, William R. Schulte & McGoldrick 460 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022 2-20-74 1
Peacock, Thomas Philip New York City Law Department Office of the Corporation Counsel 100 Church Street New York, NY 10007 12-7-59 1
Pearl, Howard L. Berel Navarra & Mullen, P. C. 19 East 9th Street New York, NY 10003 1973 2
Pearl, Melissa 752 West End Avenue #20A New York, NY 10025 4-28-92 1
Peck, Robert S. The Campaign Company 175 Fifth Avenue Ste. 1101 New York, NY 10010 5-21-79 1
Pellman, Stuart Morton Slade & Pellman 850 Third Avenue NewYork, NY 10022 1965 2
Pellowski, Kathleen Major Leage Baseball International Partners 1633 Broadway, 27th Floor New York, NY 10019 1986 3
Pender, Susan G. RKO General, Inc. 1440 Broadway New York, NY 10018 2-22-83 1
[131] NAME LAST KNOWN ADDRESS ADMITTED DATE/YEAR DEPT.
Pensock, Pamela J. Jackson Lewis Schnitzer & Krupman 261 Madison Avenue New York, NY 1986 2

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