Opinion
05-18-2017
In the Matter of JOHN KENT NORTHROP, an Attorney.
John Kent Northrop, Elkton, Maryland, pro se. Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.
(Attorney Registration No. 1144195) Before: McCarthy, J.P., Garry, Lynch, Rose and Mulvey, JJ.
John Kent Northrop, Elkton, Maryland, 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
John Kent Northrop was admitted to practice by this Court in 1972 and lists a business address in Elkton, Maryland with the Office of Court Administration. Northrop 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 advises that it does not oppose Northrop's application.
Upon reading the affidavit of Northrop sworn to November 21, 2016, and upon reading the correspondence in response by the Chief Attorney for the Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, and having determined that Northrop is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation.
McCarthy, J.P., Garry, Lynch, Rose and Mulvey, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that John Kent Northrop's application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further
ORDERED that John Kent Northrop'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 Uniform Rules for Attorney Disciplinary Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.22 [b]); and it is further
ORDERED that, effective immediately, John Kent Northrop 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 Northrop 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 John Kent Northrop shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him.