| Matter of Steinbaum |
| 2023 NY Slip Op 01937 |
| Decided on April 13, 2023 |
| 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:April 13, 2023
PM-82-23
Calendar Date:April 11, 2023
Before:Lynch, J.P., Clark, Aarons, Pritzker and McShan, JJ.
Robert S. Steinbaum, Upper Montclair, 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.
Robert S. Steinbaum was admitted to practice by this Court in 1982 and lists a business address in Upper Montclair, New Jersey with the Office of Court Administration. Steinbaum has applied to this Court, by affidavit sworn to February 24, 2023, for 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) opposes the application, contending that Steinbaum is ineligible for nondisciplinary resignation because he has failed to fulfill his attorney registration requirements for the most recent biennial period beginning in 2022 (see Judiciary Law § 468-a; Matter of Lee, 148 AD3d 1350, 1350 [3d Dept 2017]; Matter of Bomba, 146 AD3d 1226, 1226-1227 [3d Dept 2017]; Rules of Chief Admr of Cts [22 NYCRR] § 118.1).
In reply to AGC's opposition, however, Steinbaum has submitted a supplemental affidavit, sworn to March 27, 2023, in which he attests that he is now current in his New York attorney registration requirements. Furthermore, Office of Court Administration records likewise establish that Steinbaum has duly registered and cured any preexisting registration delinquency. Accordingly, with AGC voicing no other substantive objection to his application, and having determined that Steinbaum is now eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons (compare Matter of Tierney, 148 AD3d 1457, 1458 [3d Dept 2017]; Matter of Bomba, 146 AD3d at 1227), we grant the application and accept his resignation.
Lynch, J.P., Clark, Aarons, Pritzker and McShan, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that Robert S. Steinbaum's application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further
ORDERED that Robert S. Steinbaum'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 Robert S. Steinbaum 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 Steinbaum 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 Robert S. Steinbaum shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him.