Opinion
2021-05389 Attorney Registration 2707354
10-07-2021
In the Matter of Warren Redlich, an Attorney.
Warren Redlich, Boca Raton, Florida, pro se. Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.
Calendar Date: October 4, 2021
Warren Redlich, Boca Raton, Florida, 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, Reynolds Fitzgerald and Colangelo, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Warren Redlich was admitted to practice by this Court in 1995 and lists a business address in Boca Raton, Florida with the Office of Court Administration. Redlich 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, Redlich is presently delinquent in his New York attorney registration requirements, having failed to register for the biennial period beginning in 2021 (see Judiciary Law § 468-a; Rules of the Chief Admin of Cts [22 NYCRR] § 118.1). Inasmuch as Redlich 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]), he is ineligible for nondisciplinary resignation and his application must be denied (see Matter of Cluff, 148 A.D.3d 1346, 1346 [2017]; Matter of Bomba, 146 A.D.3d 1226, 1226-1227 [2017]). Further, any future application by Redlich must be supported by proof of his 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 [2017]).
Garry, P.J., Clark, Aarons, Reynolds Fitzgerald and Colangelo, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that Warren Redlich's application for permission to resign is denied.