Opinion
2014-00131
07-15-2015
In the Matter of Matthew B. Kogan, an attorney and counselor-at-law. Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, petitioner; Matthew B. Kogan, respondent. (Attorney Registration No. 4007910)
Mitchell T. Borkowsky, Hauppauge, N.Y. (Michele Filosa of counsel), for petitioner.
RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.
WILLIAM F. MASTRO
REINALDO E. RIVERA
PETER B. SKELOS
L. PRISCILLA HALL, JJ.
MOTION by the Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District to strike the respondent's name from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(b), based upon his conviction of a felony. The respondent was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on January 9, 2002.
Mitchell T. Borkowsky, Hauppauge, N.Y. (Michele Filosa of counsel), for petitioner.
PER CURIAM .
OPINION & ORDER
On July 18, 2014, the respondent pleaded guilty before the Honorable George R. Peck, in the Supreme Court, Nassau County, to one count of grand larceny in the third degree, a class D felony, in violation of Penal Law § 155.35.
On December 3, 2014, the respondent pleaded guilty before the Honorable Christopher G. Quinn, in the Supreme Court, Nassau County, to one count of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree, a class D felony, in violation of Penal Law § 170.25.
On December 3, 2014, Justice Quinn sentenced the respondent to five years probation on both convictions, the terms to run concurrently. With respect to the respondent's conviction of grand larceny in the third degree, restitution in the amount of $3,000 was ordered, and a $50 DNA charge was imposed. With respect to the respondent's conviction of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree, a $300 surcharge, a $50 DNA charge, and a $25 crime victims' assistance fee were imposed.
The Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District now 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 his conviction of two felony crimes. The respondent has neither opposed the Grievance Committee's motion nor submitted any papers in response, although the motion was served upon him.
By virtue of his felony conviction of grand larceny in the third degree, the respondent ceased to be an attorney and counselor-at-law pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(a), and was automatically disbarred on July 18, 2014. Accordingly, the Grievance Committee's motion to strike the respondent's name from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law is granted to reflect the respondent's automatic disbarment as of July 18, 2014.
ENG, P.J., MASTRO, RIVERA, SKELOS and HALL, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(a), the respondent, Matthew B. Kogan, is disbarred, effective July 18, 2014, and his name is 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, Matthew B. Kogan, shall comply with this Court's rules governing the conduct of disbarred, suspended, and resigned attorneys (see 22 NYCRR 691.10); and it is further,
ORDERED that pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90, the respondent, Matthew B. Kogan, is commanded to desist and refrain from (l) 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 himself out in any way as an attorney and counselor-at-law; and its is further,
ORDERED that if the respondent, Matthew B. Kogan, 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 his affidavit of compliance pursuant to 22 NYCRR 691.10(f).
ENTER:
Aprilanne Agostino
Clerk of the Court