Matter of Fallon

216 A.D.3d 82, 190 N.Y.S.3d 166, 2023 NY Slip Op 02874

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: May 31, 2023
• Docket: 2022-04060
• Status: Published

Opinion

Matter of Fallon (2023 NY Slip Op 02874)

Matter of Fallon

2023 NY Slip Op 02874

Decided on May 31, 2023

Appellate Division, Second Department

Per Curiam.

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 on May 31, 2023 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
HECTOR D. LASALLE, P.J.
MARK C. DILLON
COLLEEN D. DUFFY
BETSY BARROS
FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, JJ.

2022-04060

[*1]In the Matter of Tara Boyle Fallon, admitted as Tara Boyle Moyer, an attorney and counselor-at-law. Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts, petitioner; Tara Boyle Fallon, respondent. (Attorney Registration No. 4258109)

MOTION by the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts to strike the respondent's name from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4), based upon her conviction of a felony. The respondent was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department on September 13, 2004, under the name of Tara Boyle Moyer.

Diana Maxfield Kearse, Brooklyn, NY (Sasha N. Holguin of counsel), for petitioner.

Law Offices of Richman Hill & Associates, PLLC, Bronx, NY (Stacey Richman of counsel), for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

OPINION & ORDER

On January 19, 2022, the respondent pleaded guilty before the Honorable Maxwell Wiley, Justice of the Supreme Court, New York County, to the crime of grand larceny in the second degree, a class C felony, in violation of Penal Law § 155.40(1).

The Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts moves to strike the respondent's name from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(b), based upon her felony conviction. The respondent does not oppose the motion.

Pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(a), the respondent was automatically disbarred and ceased to be an attorney upon her conviction of a felony.

Accordingly, the motion to strike the respondent's name from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(b), is granted to reflect the respondent's automatic disbarment as of January 19, 2022.

LASALLE, P.J., DILLON, DUFFY, BARROS and CONNOLLY, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that the Grievance Committee's motion to strike the name of the respondent, Tara Boyle Fallon, admitted as Tara Boyle Moyer, from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4), is granted; and it is further,

ORDERED that pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(a), the respondent, Tara Boyle Fallon, admitted as Tara Boyle Moyer, is disbarred, effective January 19, 2022, and her name is [*2]stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(b); and it is further,

ORDERED that the respondent, Tara Boyle Fallon, admitted as Tara Boyle Moyer, shall comply with the rules governing the conduct of disbarred or suspended attorneys (see 22 NYCRR 1240.15); and it is further,

ORDERED that pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90, the respondent, Tara Boyle Fallon,

admitted as Tara Boyle Moyer, is commanded to desist and refrain from (1) practicing law in any form, either as principal or as agent, clerk, or employee of another, (2) appearing as an attorney or counselor-at-law before any court, Judge, Justice, board, commission, or other public authority, (3) giving to another an opinion as to the law or its application or any advice in relation thereto, and (4) holding herself out in any way as an attorney and counselor-at-law; and it is further,

ORDERED that if the respondent, Tara Boyle Fallon, admitted as Tara Boyle Moyer, has been issued a secure pass by the Office of Court Administration, it shall be returned forthwith to the issuing agency, and the respondent shall certify to the same in her affidavit of compliance pursuant to 22 NYCRR 1240.15(f).

LASALLE, P.J., DILLON, DUFFY, BARROS and CONNOLLY, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Maria T. Fasulo

Clerk of the Court