Opinion
2002-07593
December 16, 2002.
MOTION by the Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District to strike the respondent's name from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4), upon a finding that he has been convicted of a felony. By opinion and order of this court dated June 26, 2000, the respondent was suspended from the practice of law for five years based upon charges involving escrow account violations. The respondent was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on October 23, 1974.
Robert P. Guido, Syosset, N.Y. (Dianne M. Saccone of counsel), for petitioner.
Before: A. GAIL PRUDENTI, P.J., DAVID S. RITTER, FRED T. SANTUCCI, MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, SANDRA L. TOWNES, JJ.
OPINION ORDER
On May 6, 2002, the respondent entered a plea of guilty before the Honorable Joseph Calabrese of the County Court, Nassau County, to grand larceny in the second degree, a class C felony, in violation of Penal Law § 155.40, and grand larceny in the third degree, a class D felony, in violation of Penal Law § 155.35.
Judiciary Law § 90(4) mandates that an attorney's name be stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law upon conviction of a felony, which constitutes an automatic disbarment.
Accordingly, the petitioner's motion is granted. Effective immediately, the respondent is disbarred and his name is stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, effective immediately.
PRUDENTI, P.J., RITTER, SANTUCCI, ALTMAN and TOWNES, JJ.
ORDERED that pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90, effective immediately, the respondent, Jeffrey Paul Segal, is disbarred and his name is stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law; and it is further,
ORDERED that the respondent shall comply with this court's rules governing the conduct of disbarred, suspended, and resigned attorneys (see 22 NYCRR 691.10); and it is further,
ORDERED that pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90, effective immediately, Jeffrey Paul Segal is commanded to desist and refrain from (1) practicing law in any form, either as principal or as agent, clerk, or employee of another, (2) appearing as an attorney or counselor-at-law before any court, Judge, Justice, board, commission, or other public authority, (3) giving to another an opinion as to the law or its application or any advice in relation thereto, and (4) holding himself out in any way as an attorney and counselor-at-law.