Matter of Lunga

219 N.Y.S.3d 805, 2024 NY Slip Op 05391

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: October 31, 2024
• Docket: PM-210-24
• Status: Published

Opinion

Matter of Lunga (2024 NY Slip Op 05391)

Matter of Lunga

2024 NY Slip Op 05391

Decided on October 31, 2024

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:October 31, 2024

PM-210-24

[*1]In the Matter of Michael John Lunga, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 1792233.)

Calendar Date:October 28, 2024
Before:Garry, P.J., Egan Jr., Pritzker, Reynolds Fitzgerald and McShan, JJ.

Michael John Lunga, Toms River, 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.

Michael John Lunga was admitted to practice by this Court in 1981 and lists a business address in Florham Park, New Jersey with the Office of Court Administration. Lunga 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 Lunga's application.

Upon reading Lunga's affidavit sworn to September 9, 2024 and filed September 11, 2024, and upon reading the October 22, 2024 correspondence in response by the Deputy Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Lunga is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation.

Garry, P.J., Egan Jr., Pritzker, Reynolds Fitzgerald and McShan, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that Michael John Lunga's application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further

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