| Matter of Epprecht |
| 2021 NY Slip Op 04947 |
| Decided on September 2, 2021 |
| 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 2, 2021
PM-113-21
Calendar Date:August 30, 2021
Before:Lynch, J.P., Aarons, Pritzker, Reynolds Fitzgerald and Colangelo, JJ.
Sarah Maria Epprecht, TrÉlex, Switzerland, 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.
Sarah Maria Epprecht was admitted to practice by this Court in 2003 and lists a business address in Geneva, Switzerland with the Office of Court Administration. Epprecht 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 Epprecht's application.
Upon reading Epprecht's affidavit sworn to May 21, 2021 and filed July 27, 2021, and upon reading the August 24, 2021 correspondence in response by the Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Epprecht is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant her application and accept her resignation.
Lynch, J.P., Aarons, Pritzker, Reynolds Fitzgerald and Colangelo, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that Sarah Maria Epprecht's application for permission to resign is granted and her nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further
ORDERED that Sarah Maria Epprecht'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 Sarah Maria Epprecht 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 Epprecht 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 Sarah Maria Epprecht shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to her.