Opinion
PM-05-21
01-21-2021
In the MATTER OF Meredith Tavenner Shepherd DEMING, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 5032669)
Meredith Tavenner Shepherd Deming, Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, pro se. Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.
Meredith Tavenner Shepherd Deming, Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, pro se.
Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.
Before: Egan Jr., J.P., Lynch, Clark, Aarons and Colangelo, JJ.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTION
Per Curiam.
Meredith Tavenner Shepherd Deming was admitted to practice by this Court in 2012 and lists a business address in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania with the Office of Court Administration. Shepherd Deming now seeks leave to resign from the New York bar for nondisciplinary reasons (see Rules for Attorney Disciplinary Matters [ 22 NYCRR] § 1240.22 [a] ). The Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department (hereinafter AGC) opposes the application by correspondence from its Chief Attorney.
As is noted by AGC, Shepherd Deming is presently not current in her New York attorney registration requirements, having failed to register for the biennial period beginning in 2020 (see Judiciary Law § 468–a ; Rules of the Chief Admin of Cts [22 NYCRR] § 118.1). Inasmuch as Shepherd Deming is therefore subject to potential disciplinary action (see Judiciary Law § 468–a [5] ; Rules of Professional Conduct [ 22 NYCRR 1200.0 ] rule 8.4[d]; see also Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468–a, 113 A.D.3d 1020, 1021 [2014] ), she is ineligible for nondisciplinary resignation and her application must be denied (see Matter of Cluff, 148 A.D.3d 1346, 1346, 47 N.Y.S.3d 919 [2017] ; Matter of Bomba, 146 A.D.3d 1226, 1226–1227, 46 N.Y.S.3d 433 [2017] ). Further, any future application by Shepherd Deming must be supported by proof of her full satisfaction of the requirements of Judiciary Law § 468–a and Rules of the Chief Administrator of the Courts (22 NYCRR) § 118.1 (see Matter of Frank, 146 A.D.3d 1228, 1228–1229, 46 N.Y.S.3d 434 [2017] ).
Egan Jr., J.P., Lynch, Clark, Aarons and Colangelo, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that Meredith Tavenner Shepherd Deming's application for permission to resign is denied.