In re Tobin

OPINION OF THE COURT

Per Curiam.

The respondent was admitted to practice by this court on June 23, 1954. By order of this court dated April 18, 1989, the respondent was suspended from the practice of law until the further order of this court.

On October 3, 1989, the respondent was convicted in the County Court, Nassau County, upon his plea of guilty, of the crime of attempted grand larceny in the third degree in violation of Penal Law §§ 155.35 and 110.05 which constitutes a class E felony.

Pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90 (4), the respondent ceased to be an attorney and counselor-at-law upon his conviction of a felony.

Accordingly, the petitioner’s motion is granted. The respondent is disbarred and it is directed that his name be stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, effective immediately.

Mollen, P. J., Mangano, Thompson, Bracken and Brown, JJ., concur.

Ordered that pursuant to Judiciary Law §90, effective . immediately, the respondent Thomas P. Tobin is disbarred and his name is stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law; and it is further,

Ordered that the respondent shall continue to comply with this court’s rules governing the conduct of disbarred, suspended and resigned attorneys (22 NYCRR 691.10); and it is further,

Ordered that pursuant to Judiciary Law §90, effective immediately, the respondent Thomas P. Tobin is commanded to continue to desist and refrain (1) from practicing law in any form, either as principal or as agent, clerk or employee of another, (2) from appearing as an attorney or counselor-at-law before any court, Judge, Justice, board, commission or other public authority, (3) from giving to another an opinion as to the law or its application or any advice in relation thereto, and (4) from holding himself out in any way as an attorney and counselor-at-law.