Opinion
PM–154–21
11-18-2021
In the MATTER OF Matthew Francis FINAMORE, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 5514203)
Matthew Francis Finamore, Bremerton, Washington, pro se. Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.
Matthew Francis Finamore, Bremerton, Washington, pro se.
Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.
Before: Lynch, J.P., Clark, Aarons, Pritzker and Colangelo, JJ.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTION
Per Curiam. Matthew Francis Finamore was admitted to practice by this Court in 2017 and lists a business address in the City of Niagara Falls, Niagara County with the Office of Court Administration. Finamore 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 Finamore's application.
Upon reading Finamore's affidavit sworn to September 15, 2021 and filed September 20, 2021, and upon reading the November 8, 2021 correspondence in response by the Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Finamore is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation.
Lynch, J.P., Clark, Aarons, Pritzker and Colangelo, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that Matthew Francis Finamore's application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further
ORDERED that Matthew Francis Finamore'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 Matthew Francis Finamore 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 Finamore 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 Matthew Francis Finamore shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him.