Opinion
Attorney Registration No. 4069415
03-07-2024
In the MATTER OF Hector A. RIVERA Jr., an Attorney.
Hector A. Rivera Jr., Lake Worth, Florida, 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.
Hector A. Rivera Jr., Lake Worth, Florida, 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.
Before: Garry, P.J., Egan Jr., Reynolds Fitzgerald, Ceresia and McShan, JJ.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTION
Per Curiam.
Hector A. Rivera Jr. was admitted to practice by this Court in 2002 and lists a business address in West Palm Beach, Florida with the Office of Court Administration. Rivera 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 Rivera’s application.
Upon reading Rivera’s affidavit sworn to January 4, 2024 and filed January 11, 2024, and upon reading the February 22, 2024 correspondence in response by the Deputy Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Rivera is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation.
Garry, P.J., Egan Jr., Reynolds Fitzgerald, Ceresia and McShan, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that Hector A. Rivera Jr.’s application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further
ORDERED that Hector A. Rivera Jr.’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 Hector A. Rivera Jr. 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 Rivera 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 Hector A. Rivera Jr. shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him.