Opinion
D–106–18
08-16-2018
In the MATTER OF Herman OSOFSKY, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 2047470)
Herman Osofsky, Wyckoff, New Jersey, pro se. Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.
Herman Osofsky, Wyckoff, New Jersey, pro se.
Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.
Before: Garry, P.J., Clark, Aarons, Rumsey and Pritzker, JJ.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTION
Per Curiam.
Herman Osofsky was admitted to practice by this Court in 1986 and lists a business address in Whippany, New Jersey with the Office of Court Administration. Osofsky has applied to this Court, by affidavit sworn to July 10, 2018, for 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, contending that Osofsky's affidavit is defective.
In reply to AGC's opposition, however, Osofsky has submitted a supplemental affidavit, sworn to August 6, 2018, that corrects the defects previously identified by AGC. Inasmuch as AGC voices no substantive objection to his application, and as the information provided in Osofsky's supplemental affidavit raises no questions concerning his eligibility for nondisciplinary resignation (compare Matter of Mingal, 162 A.D.3d 1199, 1199, 74 N.Y.S.3d 779 [2018] ), we grant the application and accept his resignation.
ORDERED that Herman Osofsky's application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further
ORDERED that Herman Osofsky'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 Attorney Disciplinary Matters [ 22 NYCRR] § 1240.22 [b] ); and it is furtherORDERED that Herman Osofsky 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 Osofsky 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 Herman Osofsky shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him.
Garry, P.J., Clark, Aarons, Rumsey and Pritzker, JJ., concur.