Opinion
2021-06914 Attorney Registration 2524718
12-09-2021
In the Matter of Christos Theodore Antoniou, an Attorney.
Christos Theodore Antoniou, Potomac, Maryland, 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: December 6, 2021
Christos Theodore Antoniou, Potomac, Maryland, 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.
Christos Theodore Antoniou was admitted to practice by this Court in 1993. Antoniou 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) advises that it does not oppose Antoniou's application.
Upon reading Antoniou's affidavit sworn to August 2, 2021 and filed August 5, 2021, and upon reading the November 29, 2021 correspondence in response by the Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Antoniou is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation.
Garry, P.J., Clark, Aarons, Reynolds Fitzgerald and Colangelo, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that Christos Theodore Antoniou's application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further
ORDERED that Christos Theodore Antoniou'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 further
ORDERED that Christos Theodore Antoniou 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 Antoniou 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 Christos Theodore Antoniou shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him.