Matter of Duffy

Matter of Duffy (2021 NY Slip Op 04948)
Matter of Duffy
2021 NY Slip Op 04948
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-114-21

[*1]In the Matter of Christine Michelle Duffy, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 2253334.)


Calendar Date:August 30, 2021
Before:Garry, P.J., Egan Jr., Lynch, Clark and Colangelo, JJ.

Christine Michelle Duffy, Parsippany, New Jersey, 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.

Christine Michelle Duffy was admitted to practice by this Court in 1989 and lists a business address in Parsippany, New Jersey with the Office of Court Administration. Duffy 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 Duffy's application.

Upon reading Duffy's affidavit sworn to July 6, 2021 and filed July 12, 2021, and upon reading the August 25, 2021 correspondence in response by the Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Duffy is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant her application and accept her resignation.

Garry, P.J., Egan Jr., Lynch, Clark and Colangelo, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that Christine Michelle Duffy's application for permission to resign is granted and her nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further

ORDERED that Christine Michelle Duffy'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 Christine Michelle Duffy 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 Duffy 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 Christine Michelle Duffy shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to her.