Opinion
04-12-2018
In the Matter of EDWIN SAMUEL DEBERDT, an Attorney.
Edwin Samuel Deberdt, Paris, France, pro se. Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.
(Attorney Registration No. 5045430) Before: Lynch, J.P., Devine, Clark, Aarons and Pritzker, JJ.
Edwin Samuel Deberdt, Paris, France, pro se.
Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Edwin Samuel Deberdt was admitted to practice by this Court in 2012 and lists a business address in Paris, France with the Office of Court Administration. Deberdt 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 Deberdt's application by correspondence dated April 4, 2018.
Upon reading Deberdt's affidavit sworn to March 2, 2018 and filed March 14, 2018, and upon reading the correspondence in response by the Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Deberdt is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation.
Lynch, J.P., Devine, Clark, Aarons and Pritzker, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that Edwin Samuel Deberdt's application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further
ORDERED that Edwin Samuel Deberdt'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 Edwin Samuel Deberdt 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 Deberdt 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 Edwin Samuel Deberdt shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him.