Opinion
06-08-2017
In the Matter of Christopher David DIZE, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 5182621).
Christopher David Dize, Helmetta, 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.
Christopher David Dize, Helmetta, 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, J.P., EGAN JR., ROSE, CLARK and MULVEY, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Christopher David Dize was admitted to practice by this Court in 2013 and has previously listed a business address in New Brunswick, New Jersey with the Office of Court Administration. By affidavit sworn to April 19, 2017, Dize seeks leave to resign from the New York bar for nondisciplinary reasons (see Uniform Rules for Attorney Disciplinary Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.22 [a] ). The Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department opposes the application by correspondence from its Chief Attorney.
Dize is presently delinquent in his New York attorney registration requirements, having failed to timely register for the most recent biennial period beginning in 2017 (see Judiciary Law § 468–a ; Matter of Boyce, 148 A.D.3d 1450, 1450, 49 N.Y.S.3d 798 [2017] ; Rules of the Chief Admin. of Cts. [22 NYCRR] § 118.1). He is therefore ineligible for nondisciplinary resignation and his application must be denied (see Matter of Lee, 148 A.D.3d 1350, 1350, 47 N.Y.S.3d 923 [2017] ; Matter of Hanson, 146 A.D.3d 1229, 1229–1230, 44 N.Y.S.3d 783 [2017] ).
ORDERED that Christopher David Dize's application for permission to resign is denied.
GARRY, J.P., EGAN JR., ROSE, CLARK and MULVEY, JJ., concur.