Case Name: In the Matter of John T. Seaman (Admitted as John Tad Seaman), an Attorney, Respondent. Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial District, Petitioner
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1996-02-13
Citations: 218 A.D.2d 183
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of John T. Seaman (Admitted as John Tad Seaman), an Attorney, Respondent. Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial District, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 218
Pages: 183–184

Head Matter:
[638 NYS2d 338]
In the Matter of John T. Seaman (Admitted as John Tad Seaman), an Attorney, Respondent. Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial District, Petitioner.
Second Department,
February 13, 1996
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Gary L. Casella, White Plains (Forrest Strauss of counsel), for petitioner.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Per Curiam.
On November 15, 1995, the respondent was convicted, upon a jury verdict, in the Supreme Court, Essex County, of sodomy in the third degree (Penal Law § 130.40), 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, without opposition from the respondent. The respondent is disbarred and his name is stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, effective immediately.
Mangano, P. J., Bracken, Balletta, Rosenblatt and Florio, JJ., concur.
Ordered that, pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90, effective immediately, the respondent, John T. Seaman, 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 promptly 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, John T. Seaman is commanded 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.