Opinion
PM-229-23
10-05-2023
In the Matter of Joseph Andrew Marlar, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 5777826.)
Joseph Andrew Marlar, Bainbridge Island, Washington, pro se Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany (Alison M. Coan of counsel), for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department
Calendar Date: September 25, 2023
Joseph Andrew Marlar, Bainbridge Island, Washington, pro se
Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany (Alison M. Coan of counsel), for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department
Before: Lynch, J.P., Clark, Aarons, Reynolds Fitzgerald and Ceresia, JJ
PER CURIAM
Joseph Andrew Marlar was admitted to practice by this Court in 2020 and lists an address in Bainbridge Island, Washington with the Office of Court Administration. Marlar now seeks leave to resign from the New York bar for nondisciplinary reasons (see Rules for Atty Disciplinary Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.22 [a]). The Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department (hereinafter AGC) advises that it does not oppose Marlar's application.
Upon reading Marlar's affidavit sworn to August 16, 2023 and filed August 23, 2023, and upon reading the September 22, 2023 correspondence in response by the Deputy Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Marlar is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation.
Lynch, J.P., Clark, Aarons, Reynolds Fitzgerald and Ceresia, JJ., concur
ORDERED that Joseph Andrew Marlar's application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further
ORDERED that Joseph Andrew Marlar'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 Atty Disciplinary Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.22 [b]); and it is further
ORDERED that Joseph Andrew Marlar 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 Marlar 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 Joseph Andrew Marlar shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him.