Matter of Sobel

Opinion

Matter of Sobel

2026 NY Slip Op 04909

August 6, 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 Larry D. Sobel, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 1923382.)

Decided and Entered:August 6, 2026

PM-178-26

Calendar Date: August 3, 2026

Before: Reynolds Fitzgerald, J.P., Ceresia, Mcshan, Mackey And Ryba, JJ.

Larry D. Sobel, Rancho Palos Verdes, 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.

Larry D. Sobel was admitted to practice by this Court in 1984 and lists a business address in Los Angeles, California with the Office of Court Administration. Sobel 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 Sobel's application.

Upon reading Sobel's affidavit sworn to June 11, 2026, and filed June 18, 2026, and upon reading the July 29, 2026 correspondence in response by the Deputy Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Sobel is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation.

Reynolds Fitzgerald, J.P., Ceresia, McShan, Mackey and Ryba, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that Larry D. Sobel's application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further

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