Opinion
Attorney Registration No. 5072939
04-11-2024
In the MATTER OF Thomas Granville BURGESS, an Attorney.
Thomas Granville Burgess, Washington, DC, 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.
Thomas Granville Burgess, Washington, DC, 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., Aarons, Pritzker, Ceresia and Fisher, JJ.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTION
Per Curiam.
Thomas Granville Burgess was admitted to practice by this Court in 2012 and lists a business address in Washington, DC with the Office of Court Administration. Burgess 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 Burgess’s application.
Upon reading Burgess’s affidavit sworn to February 23, 2024 and filed March 18, 2024, and upon reading the March 29, 2024 correspondence in response by the Deputy Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Burgess is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation.
Garry, P.J., Aarons, Pritzker, Ceresia and Fisher, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that Thomas Granville Burgess’s application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further
ORDERED that Thomas Granville Burgess’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 Thomas Granville Burgess 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 Burgess 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 Thomas Granville Burgess shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him.