Opinion
07-20-2017
In the Matter of Luanh Lloyd D'MELLO, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 4575486).
Luanh Lloyd D'Mello, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pro se. Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.
Luanh Lloyd D'Mello, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pro se.
Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.
Before: EGAN JR., J.P., LYNCH, ROSE, MULVEY and PRITZKER, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Luanh Lloyd D'Mello was admitted to practice by this Court in 2008 and lists a business address in Trenton, New Jersey with the Office of Court Administration. D'Mello has applied to this Court, by affidavit sworn to May 18, 2017, for 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 (hereinafter AGC) opposes the application by June 21, 2017 correspondence of its Chief Attorney.
As is noted by AGC, D'Mello is presently delinquent in her New York attorney registration requirements, having failed to register for the most recent biennial period beginning in 2016 (see Judiciary Law § 468–a ; Rules of the Chief Admin. of Cts. [22 NYCRR] § 118.1). Inasmuch as D'Mello 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 [2014]; Matter of Arms, 251 A.D.2d 743, 743–744, 674 N.Y.S.2d 156 [1998] ; Matter of Ryan, 238 A.D.2d 713, 713–714, 656 N.Y.S.2d 444 [1997] ; Matter of Farley, 205 A.D.2d 874, 874–875, 613 N.Y.S.2d 458 [1994] ), she is ineligible for nondisciplinary resignation and her application must be denied (see Matter of Cluff, 148 A.D.3d 1346, 1346–1347, 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 D'Mello must be supported by proof of her 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 Luanh Lloyd D'Mello's application for permission to resign is denied.
EGAN JR., J.P., LYNCH, ROSE, MULVEY and PRITZKER, JJ., concur.