In re Kaplan

Full title: In the Matter of DANA LYNN KAPLAN, an Attorney.

Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Date published: May 25, 2017

2017 N.Y. Slip Op. 4197 (N.Y. App. Div. 2017)

Opinion

05-25-2017

In the Matter of DANA LYNN KAPLAN, an Attorney.

Dana Lynn Kaplan, West Palm Beach, Florida, pro se. Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.

McCarthy, J.P., Egan Jr., Rose, Clark and Mulvey, JJ., concur.

(Attorney Registration No. 5057104) Before: McCarthy, J.P., Egan Jr., Rose, Clark and Mulvey, JJ.

Dana Lynn Kaplan, West Palm Beach, Florida, 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

Dana Lynn Kaplan was admitted to practice by this Court in 2012 and lists a business address in West Palm Beach, Florida with the Office of Court Administration. Kaplan now 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 (hereinafter AGC) opposes the application by correspondence from its Chief Attorney.

As is noted by AGC, Kaplan is presently delinquent in her New York attorney registration requirements, having failed to register for the most recent applicable biennial period (see Judiciary Law § 468-a; Rules of the Chief Admin of Cts [22 NYCRR] § 118.1). Inasmuch as Kaplan 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 AD3d 1020, 1021 [2014]; Matter of Arms, 251 AD2d 743, 743-744 [1998]; Matter of Ryan, 238 AD2d 713, 713-714 [1997]; Matter of Farley, 205 AD2d 874, 874-875 [1994]), she is ineligible for nondisciplinary resignation and her application must be denied (see Matter of Cluff, 148 AD3d 1346, 1346 [2017]; Matter of Bomba, 146 AD3d 1226, 1226-1227 [2017]). Further, any future application by Kaplan 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 AD3d 1228, 1228-1229 [2017]).

McCarthy, J.P., Egan Jr., Rose, Clark and Mulvey, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that Dana Lynn Kaplan's application for permission to resign is denied.