Matter of Catanzarite

Opinion

Matter of Catanzarite

2026 NY Slip Op 04816

July 30, 2026

Appellate Division, Third Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This decision is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

In the Matter of Kenneth Joseph Catanzarite, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 2336774.)

Decided and Entered:July 30, 2026

PM-163-26

Calendar Date: July 27, 2026

Before: Garry, P.J., Clark, Aarons, Reynolds Fitzgerald And Ryba, JJ.

Kenneth Joseph Catanzarite, Anaheim, California, pro se.

Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany (Alison M. Coan of counsel), for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.

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Per Curiam.

Kenneth Joseph Catanzarite was admitted to practice by this Court in 1990 and lists a business address in Anaheim, California with the Office of Court Administration. Catanzarite now seeks leave to resign from the New York bar for nondisciplinary reasons (see Rules for Atty Disciplinary Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.22 [a]). The Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department (hereinafter AGC) advises that it does not oppose Catanzarite's application.

Upon reading Catanzarite's affidavit sworn to May 5, 2026 and filed May 8, 2026, and upon reading the July 22, 2026 correspondence in response by the Deputy Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Catanzarite is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation.

Garry, P.J., Clark, Aarons, Reynolds Fitzgerald and Ryba, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that Kenneth Joseph Catanzarite's application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further

ORDERED that Kenneth Joseph Catanzarite'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 Atty Disciplinary Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.22 [b]); and it is further

ORDERED that Kenneth Joseph Catanzarite 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 Catanzarite 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 Kenneth Joseph Catanzarite shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him.