Opinion
PM–66–20
04-23-2020
In the MATTER OF Jeffrey R. BROWN, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 2940336)
Jeffrey R. Brown, East Brunswick, 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.
Jeffrey R. Brown, East Brunswick, 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., Lynch, Aarons, Pritzker and Colangelo, JJ.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTION
Per Curiam.
Jeffrey R. Brown was admitted to practice by this Court in 1999 and lists a business address in East Brunswick, New Jersey with the Office of Court Administration. Brown 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 defers to the discretion of the Court regarding Brown's application.
We note that, although Brown was previously suspended from the practice of law in New York in 2009 due to conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice arising from his failure to comply with the attorney registration requirements of Judiciary Law § 468–a and Rules of the Chief Administrator of the Courts (22 NYCRR) § 118.1 (Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468–a, 65 A.D.3d 1447, 1452, 885 N.Y.S.2d 441 [2009] ), his subsequent reinstatement application was granted by this Court in May 2019 (Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468–a [Brown], 172 A.D.3d 1818, 99 N.Y.S.3d 794 [2019] ).
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Upon reading Brown's affidavit sworn to February 4, 2020 and filed February 6, 2020, and upon reading the March 12, 2020 correspondence in response by the Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Brown is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation.
Garry, P.J., Lynch, Aarons, Pritzker and Colangelo, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that Jeffrey R. Brown's application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further
ORDERED that Jeffrey R. Brown'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 Jeffrey R. Brown 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 Brown 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 Jeffrey R. Brown shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him.