Matter of Keller

Summary

The Appellate Division, Third Department granted Robin Plummer Keller's application to resign from the New York bar for nondisciplinary reasons. The court accepted the resignation, struck Keller's name from the roll of attorneys, prohibited him from practicing law in New York, and ordered him to surrender any Attorney Secure Pass within 30 days.

Holdings

1. Keller was eligible to resign from the New York bar for nondisciplinary reasons, and his application for permission to resign was properly granted.
2. Upon accepting Keller's nondisciplinary resignation, the court ordered that his name be stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, that he desist and refrain from practicing law or holding himself out as an attorney in New York, and that he surrender any Attorney Secure Pass within 30 days.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Keller was eligible to resign from the New York bar for nondisciplinary reasons.
2. Whether the court should grant the application and accept Keller's resignation, strike his name from the roll of attorneys, and impose the related restrictions specified by the governing rule.

Disposition

other