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In re Hoefferle

Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department
Mar 22, 2013
2013 N.Y. Slip Op. 68291 (N.Y. App. Div. 2013)

Opinion

2012-09649 Attorney Registration No. 2896694 M153491

03-22-2013

In the Matter of Joseph Hoefferle, Jr., an attorney and counselor-at-law.


, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

PETER B. SKELOS

MARK C. DILLON, JJ.

DECISION & ORDER VOLUNTARY RESIGNATION

Joseph Hoefferle, Jr., has voluntarily submitted an affidavit dated October 23, 2012, wherein he resigns from the New York State Bar. Mr. Hoefferle was admitted to the Bar in the State of New York at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on June 30, 1998. There are no complaints or charges of professional misconduct pending against him. Mr. Hoefferle presently resides in Rhode Island, does not practice law in New York, and under these circumstances, does not wish to pay the biennial registration fee.

Upon the papers submitted in support of the resignation, it is

ORDERED that the voluntary resignation of Joseph Hoefferle, Jr., is accepted and directed to be filed; and it is further,

ORDERED that the name of Joseph Hoefferle, Jr., is removed from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law in the State of New York, without prejudice to an application for reinstatement; and it is further,

ORDERED that pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90, effective immediately, Joseph Hoefferle, Jr., is commanded to desist and refrain from (l) practicing law in any form, either as principal or as agent, clerk, or employee of another in the State of New York, (2) appearing as an attorney or counselor-at-law before any court, Judge, Justice, board, commission, or other public authority in this State, (3) giving to another an opinion as to the law or its application or any advice in relation thereto in this State, and (4) holding himself out in any way as an attorney and counselor-at-law in the State of New York; and it is further,

ORDERED that if Joseph Hoefferle, Jr., has been issued a secure pass by the Office of Court Administration, it shall be returned forthwith to the issuing agency.

ENG, P.J., MASTRO, RIVERA, SKELOS and DILLON, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court


Summaries of

In re Hoefferle

Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department
Mar 22, 2013
2013 N.Y. Slip Op. 68291 (N.Y. App. Div. 2013)
Case details for

In re Hoefferle

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of Joseph Hoefferle, Jr., an attorney and counselor-at-law.

Court:Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

Date published: Mar 22, 2013

Citations

2013 N.Y. Slip Op. 68291 (N.Y. App. Div. 2013)