| Matter of Gerten |
| 2024 NY Slip Op 06420 |
| Decided on December 19, 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. |
Andreas Gerten, Luebbenau, Germany, 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.
Andreas Gerten was admitted to practice by this Court in 2008 and lists a German business address with the Office of Court Administration. Gerten 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 Gerten's application.
Upon reading Gerten's affidavit sworn to November 16, 2024 and filed November 18, 2024, and upon reading the December 13, 2024 correspondence in response by the Deputy Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Gerten is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation.
Clark, J.P., Reynolds Fitzgerald, Ceresia, Fisher and Powers, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that Andreas Gerten's application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further
ORDERED that Andreas Gerten'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 Andreas Gerten 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 Gerten 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 Andreas Gerten shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him.