Opinion
2021-05387 Attorney Registration 2181030
10-07-2021
In the Matter of Joanne Patricia Sheehan, an Attorney.
Joanne Patricia Sheehan, Leland, North Carolina, pro se. Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.
Calendar Date: October 4, 2021
Joanne Patricia Sheehan, Leland, North Carolina, pro se.
Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.
Before: Egan Jr., J.P., Lynch, Clark, Aarons and Colangelo, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Joanne Patricia Sheehan was admitted to practice by this Court in 1988 and lists a business address in Leland, North Carolina with the Office of Court Administration. Sheehan 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 Sheehan's application.
Upon reading Sheehan's affidavit sworn to August 12, 2021 and filed August 17, 2021, and upon reading the September 28, 2021 correspondence in response by the Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Sheehan is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant her application and accept her resignation.
Egan Jr., J.P., Lynch, Clark, Aarons and Colangelo, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that Joanne Patricia Sheehan's application for permission to resign is granted and her nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further
ORDERED that Joanne Patricia Sheehan'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 Joanne Patricia Sheehan 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 Sheehan 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 herself out in any way as an attorney and counselor-at-law in this State; and it is further
ORDERED that Joanne Patricia Sheehan shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to her.