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

262 A.D.2d 702, 691 N.Y.S.2d 594
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided June 7, 1999·Published·Cited by 59 cases

Opinion

Per Curiam.

Petitioner Committee on Professional Standards moves to suspend respondent attorneys on the ground they have failed to file a registration statement and pay the required attorney registration fee in accordance with section 468-a of Judiciary Law and part 118 of the Rules of the Chief Administrator of the Courts (22 NYCRR part 118).

The moving papers indicate that despite written notices sent to them by the Office of Court Administration and a notice sent by petitioner, respondents have failed to register and pay the required fee.

Subdivision (5) of Judiciary Law § 468-a provides that noncompliance with the statute and rules regarding attorney registration “shall constitute conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice and shall be referred to the appropriate appellate division * * * for disciplinary action”. This Court has previously held that failure to comply with the registration requirements is professional misconduct warranting discipline (see, e.g., Matter of Arms, 251 AD2d 743; Matter of Ryan, 238 AD2d 713; Matter of Farley, 205 AD2d 874).

In view of respondents’ continued failure to comply with the attorney registration requirements of the Judiciary Law and Rules of the Chief Administrator of the Courts, petitioner’s motion is granted and the respondents listed on the schedule attached hereto are suspended, effective 30 days from the date of this order, until further order of this Court.

Cardona, P. J., Mikoll, Mercure, Crew III and Yesawich Jr., JJ., concur. Ordered, that petitioner’s motion is granted; and it is further ordered, that the respondents listed on the schedule attached hereto are suspended, effective 30 days from the date of this order, until further order of the Court; and it is further ordered that respondents, for the period of suspension, are commanded to desist and refrain from the practice of law in any form either as principal or as agent, clerk or employee of [703]*703another, and are 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 any opinion as to the law or its application or any advice in relation thereto and it is further ordered that respondents shall comply with the provisions of this Court’s rules (22 NYCRR 806.9) i regulating the conduct of suspended attorneys.

ATTORNEY YEAR ADMITTED

1. Adams, Lloyd III 1988

2. Adebayo, Odessa O. 1994

3. Altschul, Donald S. 1982

4. Amato, Salvatore J. 1959

5. Bakare, Adigun S. 1994

6. Baskin, Philip 1980

7. Beilin, Danny P. 1992

8. Bellwin, John A. 1994

9. Berenguer, Eduardo J. 1983

10. Berg, Mark D. 1994

11. Bishop, Janice M. 1990

12. Blackstone, Dawn A. 1992

13. Blair, Steven T. 1992

14. Blake, John F. 1990

15. Bosman, Robert A. 1974

16. Bowden, Richard B. 1954

17. Brittin, Peter B. 1986

18. Brown, John P. 1958

19. Brown, Kevin J. 1992

20. Brumskine, Charles W. 1992

21. Brumskine, Ursula Bonar 1992

22. Bunker, Kenneth R. 1994

23. Buschman, Charles G. 1977

24. Callan, Thomas J. 1994

25. Campbell, Christian T. 1992

26. Caplan, Martin J. 1949

27. Carey, Andre P. 1990

28. Cassara, Alfred C. 1968

29. Chier, Richard C. 1981

30. Chin, Jeng-Shyang 1990

31. Chiriboga, J. C. 1994

32. Chittmittrapap, Weerawong 1992

33. Cho, Hong S. 1994

34. Choi, Youn T. 1994

35. Chung, Jean C. 1990

36. Clement, Kwame A. 1994

37. Cohen, Joanne 1986

[704]*704ATTORNEY YEAR ADMITTED

38. Cook, Matthew S. 1988

39. Cooper, William T. 1984

40. Crane, Hyla F. 1992

41. Crotty, William R. 1950

42. Curley, Mark L. 1988

43. Curtin, Katherine G. 1994

44. DeFuria, Frederick A. 1990

45. Deppa, Jennifer L. 1990

46. Dickey, Michael J. 1994

47. Dougherty, James W. 1982

48. Drobenare, Neal T. 1992

49. Edelson, Stephanie D. 1986

50. Edwards, Alan L. 1990

51. Eisenberg, Harvey M. 1992

52. Ericsson, Ellen F. 1994

53. Estenzo, Baldomero 1986
54. Etzion-Kochol, Gali 1994

55. Felle, Wayne C. 1994

56. Fenson, Maxim W. 1960

57. Foster, Robert E. Jr. 1994

58. Friedman, Zena K. 1984

59. Garfinkle, Mark A. 1968

60. Garland, John E. 1962

61. Gelber-Kruvant, Beth T. 1988

62. Gold, Jack 1984

63. Goldstein, Michael J. 1986

64. Greenberg, Bryan S. 1992

65. Guralnick, Mark S. 1992

66. Harper, Anne C. 1992

67. Hawkins, Phoebe C. 1994

68. Helm, Bradley 1994
69. Hernandez, Anthony 1992
70. Hervieux, Michele 1992

71. Heveran, Beatrice T. 1984

72. Hodesblatt, Alan 1986

73. Hofman, Kathryn B. 1988

74. Horovitz, Bonna L. 1986

75. Hotchkies, Lynsey E. 1988

76. Hurd, S. Mark 1994

77. Jacques, Stephen L. 1992

78. Jehner, Sabine 1994

79. Johnston, Sonya A. 1992

80. Jones, Alice M. 1992

81. Kaplan, Neil T. 1986

82. Kehn, Jill A. 1990

[705]*705ATTORNEY YEAR ADMITTED

83. Keller, Dwight K. 1981

84. Kelly, Christopher H. 1984

85. Kim, Changmoon 1994

86. Kim, Chung K. 1992

87. Kim, Kyung-Tae 1992
88. Kim, Seonho 1994

89. Kline, Kevin F. 1986

90. Kopff, Frederick L. IV 1994

91. Lah, Chongmi 1988
92. Lampert, Daniel 1982

93. Lang, David A. 1988

94. Lara, Kevin 1990

95. Laurite, Donna T. 1992

96. Lazaro, Alfredo M. 1986

97. Lee, Jung Jae 1994

98. Levy, Stephen G. 1994

99. Lewis, Wayne 1977

100. Linn, John M. 1988

101. Lipstein, Jacob A. 1984

102. Logan, Brian E. 1992

103. Lyons, Sheldon N. 1978

104. MacDermott, Laura 1988

105. Mak, Marie A. 1993

106. Mancinelli, Mark W. 1992

107. Marlin, Jay H. 1982

108. Matek, Michael S. 1990

109. McDonald, James J. 1984

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