| Matter of Beard |
| 2022 NY Slip Op 00494 |
| Decided on January 27, 2022 |
| 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:January 27, 2022
PM-19-22
Calendar Date:January 24, 2022
Before:Garry, P.J., Egan Jr., Lynch, Clark and Aarons, JJ.
Walter Cameron Beard III, East Haddam, Connecticut,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.
Walter Cameron Beard III was admitted to practice by this Court in 1987 and lists a business address in East Haddam, Connecticut with the Office of Court Administration. Beard 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 Beard's application.
Upon reading Beard's affidavit sworn to September 23, 2021 and filed September 27, 2021, and upon reading the January 18, 2022 correspondence in response by the Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Beard is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation.
Garry, P.J., Egan Jr., Lynch, Clark and Aarons, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that Walter Cameron Beard III's application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further
ORDERED that Walter Cameron Beard III'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 Walter Cameron Beard III 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 Beard 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 Walter Cameron Beard III shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him.