| Matter of Brandman |
| 2024 NY Slip Op 06109 |
| Decided on December 5, 2024 |
| 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. |
Michael Fred Brandman, Springfield, New Jersey, pro se.
Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany (Alison M. Coan of counsel), for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.
Per Curiam.
Michael Fred Brandman was admitted to practice by this Court in 1988 and lists a business address in Cranford, New Jersey with the Office of Court Administration. Brandman now seeks leave to resign from the New York bar for nondisciplinary reasons (see Rules for Atty Disciplinary Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.22 [a]). The Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department (hereinafter AGC) advises that it does not oppose Brandman's application.
Upon reading Brandman's affidavit sworn to October 25, 2024 and filed October 28, 2024, and upon reading the November 25, 2024 correspondence in response by the Deputy Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Brandman is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation.
Garry, P.J., Aarons, Pritzker, Ceresia and Fisher, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that Michael Fred Brandman's application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further
ORDERED that Michael Fred Brandman'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 Atty Disciplinary Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.22 [b]); and it is further
ORDERED that Michael Fred Brandman 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 Brandman 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 Michael Fred Brandman shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him.