Matter of Mendelson

Matter of Mendelson (2021 NY Slip Op 01180)

Matter of Mendelson

2021 NY Slip Op 01180

Decided on February 25, 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: February 25, 2021

PM-13-21

[*1]In the Matter of Keith J. Mendelson, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 1903640.)

Calendar Date: February 22, 2021
Before: Garry, P.J., Clark, Aarons, Reynolds Fitzgerald and Colangelo, JJ.

Keith J. Mendelson, McLean, Virginia, 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.

Keith J. Mendelson was admitted to practice by this Court in 1984 and lists a business address in McLean, Virginia with the Office of Court Administration. Mendelson 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 Mendelson's application.

Upon reading Mendelson's affidavit sworn to December 23, 2020 and filed December 31, 2020, and upon reading the February 17, 2021 correspondence in response by the Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Mendelson is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation.

Garry, P.J., Clark, Aarons, Reynolds Fitzgerald and Colangelo, JJ., concur.

ORDERED that Keith J. Mendelson's application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further

ORDERED that Keith J. Mendelson'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 Keith J. Mendelson 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 Mendelson 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 Keith J. Mendelson shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him.