| Matter of Ritter |
| 2020 NY Slip Op 04903 |
| Decided on September 10, 2020 |
| Appellate Division, Third Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports. |
Decided and Entered: September 10, 2020
PM-115-20
Calendar Date: September 8, 2020
Before: Garry, P.J., Egan Jr., Lynch, Clark, Mulvey and Pritzker, JJ.
Christoph Michael Ritter, Nuremberg, Germany, 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.
Christoph Michael Ritter was admitted to practice by this Court in 2016 and lists a business address in Nuremberg, Germany with the Office of Court Administration. Ritter 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 Ritter's application.
Upon reading Ritter's affidavit sworn to July 29, 2020 and filed August 10, 2020, and upon reading the September 4, 2020 correspondence in response by the Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Ritter is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation.
Garry, P.J., Egan Jr., Lynch, Clark, Mulvey and Pritzker, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that Christoph Michael Ritter's application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further
ORDERED that Christoph Michael Ritter'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 Christoph Michael Ritter 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 Ritter 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 Christoph Michael Ritter shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him.