Matter of Sanchez-Osorio

Summary

The Appellate Division, Third Department granted Marilyn Sanchez-Osorio’s application to resign from the New York bar for nondisciplinary reasons. The court accepted her resignation, struck her name from the roll of attorneys, prohibited her from practicing law in New York, and ordered her to surrender any Attorney Secure Pass within 30 days.

Holdings

1. An attorney who is eligible under 22 NYCRR § 1240.22(a) may resign from the New York bar for nondisciplinary reasons, and Sanchez-Osorio's application satisfied the eligibility requirements.
2. Upon acceptance of the nondisciplinary resignation, the attorney's name is stricken from the roll of New York attorneys, the attorney must desist from practicing or holding herself out as authorized to practice law in New York, and any Attorney Secure Pass must be surrendered within 30 days.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Sanchez-Osorio was eligible to resign from the New York bar for nondisciplinary reasons.
2. What relief should follow from acceptance of the nondisciplinary resignation.

Disposition

other