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Matter of Pierson (2021 NY Slip Op 04182)

Matter of Pierson

2021 NY Slip Op 04182

Decided on July 1, 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:July 1, 2021

PM-93-21
[*1]In the Matter of Stuart Fries Pierson, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 1901388.)

Calendar Date:June 28, 2021

Before:Garry, P.J., Clark, Aarons, Pritzker and Colangelo, JJ.

Stuart Fries Pierson, Washington, DC, 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.
Stuart Fries Pierson was admitted to practice by this Court in 1984 and lists a business address in Washington, DC with the Office of Court Administration. Pierson 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 Pierson's application.
Upon reading Pierson's affidavit sworn to May 12, 2021 and filed May 17, 2021, and upon reading the June 21, 2021 correspondence in response by the Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Pierson is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation.
Garry, P.J., Clark, Aarons, Pritzker and Colangelo, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that Stuart Fries Pierson's application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further
ORDERED that Stuart Fries Pierson'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 Stuart Fries Pierson 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 Pierson 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 Stuart Fries Pierson shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him.