In re Skaggs

Full title: In the Matter of Rory Lawrence Skaggs, an Attorney.

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

Date published: Aug 6, 2020

186 A.D.3d 922 (N.Y. App. Div. 2020)

2020 N.Y. Slip Op. 4435

126 N.Y.S.3d 442

Opinion

PM–103–20

08-06-2020

In the MATTER OF Rory Lawrence SKAGGS, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 5157904)

Rory Lawrence Skaggs, Washington, DC, pro se. Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.

PER CURIAM.

Rory Lawrence Skaggs, Washington, DC, pro se.

Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.

Before: Lynch, J.P., Clark, Mulvey, Aarons and Pritzker, JJ.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTION

Per Curiam. Rory Lawrence Skaggs was admitted to practice by this Court in 2013 and lists a business address in Washington, DC with the Office of Court Administration. Skaggs 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) opposes the application by correspondence from its Chief Attorney.

As is noted by AGC, Skaggs is presently delinquent in his New York attorney registration requirements, having failed to register for the most recent biennial period beginning in 2019 (see Judiciary Law § 468–a ; Rules of the Chief Admin of Cts [22 NYCRR] § 118.1). Inasmuch as Skaggs 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 A.D.3d 1020, 1021, 979 N.Y.S.2d 548 [2014] ), he is ineligible for nondisciplinary resignation and his application must be denied (see Matter of Cluff, 148 A.D.3d 1346, 1346, 47 N.Y.S.3d 919 [2017] ; Matter of Bomba, 146 A.D.3d 1226, 1226–1227, 46 N.Y.S.3d 433 [2017] ). Further, any future application by Skaggs must be supported by proof of his 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 A.D.3d 1228, 1228–1229, 46 N.Y.S.3d 434 [2017] ).

Lynch, J.P., Clark, Mulvey, Aarons and Pritzker, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that Rory Lawrence Skaggs's application for permission to resign is denied.