Matter of Gelfond

2026 NY Slip Op 00415

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: January 29, 2026
• Docket: PM-17-26
• Status: Published

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Matter of Gelfond (2026 NY Slip Op 00415)

Matter of Gelfond

2026 NY Slip Op 00415

Decided on January 29, 2026

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:January 29, 2026

PM-17-26

[*1]In the Matter of Richard Bruce Gelfond, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 1991538.)

Calendar Date:January 26, 2026
Before:Garry, P.J., Aarons, Ceresia, Fisher and Mackey, JJ.

Richard Bruce Gelfond, Flanders, New Jersey, 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.

Per Curiam.

Richard Bruce Gelfond was admitted to practice by this Court in 1985 and lists a business address in Flanders, New Jersey with the Office of Court Administration. Gelfond 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 Gelfond's application.

Upon reading Gelfond's affidavit sworn to November 25, 2025 and filed December 1, 2025, and upon reading the January 21, 2026 correspondence in response by the Deputy Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Gelfond is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation.

Garry, P.J., Aarons, Ceresia, Fisher and Mackey, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that Richard Bruce Gelfond's application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further

ORDERED that Richard Bruce Gelfond'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 Richard Bruce Gelfond 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 Gelfond 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 Richard Bruce Gelfond shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him.