Opinion
D–3–18
01-25-2018
In the MATTER OF Daniel David COTTA, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 2954238)
Daniel David Cotta, Framingham, Massachusetts, pro se. Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.
Daniel David Cotta, Framingham, Massachusetts, pro se.
Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.
Before: McCarthy, J.P., Lynch, Devine, Aarons and Rumsey, JJ.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTION
Per Curiam.Daniel David Cotta was admitted to practice by this Court in 1999 and lists a business address in Alexandria, Virginia with the Office of Court Administration. Cotta 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, Cotta is presently not current in his New York attorney registration requirements, having failed to timely register for the biennial period beginning in 2017 (see Judiciary Law § 468–a ; Rules of the Chief Admin of Cts [22 NYCRR] § 118.1). Inasmuch as Cotta 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, 979 N.Y.S.2d 548 [2014] ), he is ineligible for nondisciplinary resignation and his application must be denied (see Matter of Cluff , 148 A.D.3d 1346, 1346, 47 N.Y.S.3d 919 [2017]; Matter of Bomba , 146 A.D.3d 1226, 1226–1227, 46 N.Y.S.3d 433 [2017] ). Further, any future application by Cotta 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, 46 N.Y.S.3d 434 [2017] ).
ORDERED that Daniel David Cotta's application for permission to resign is denied.
McCarthy, J.P., Lynch, Devine, Aarons and Rumsey, JJ., concur.