Summary
This Appellate Division, Third Department decision addresses an application by Katherine Boyd Palmer-Ball to resign from the New York bar for nondisciplinary reasons. After reviewing her affidavit and correspondence from the Attorney Grievance Committee, which does not oppose the request, the court granted her application. The order formally accepts her resignation, strikes her name from the roll of attorneys effective immediately, and prohibits her from practicing law in New York until further order.
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Questions Presented
- Whether the Attorney Grievance Committee may grant a nondisciplinary resignation and whether the Appellate Division may accept it.
Holdings
- The court granted Palmer-Ball's application for a nondisciplinary resignation and accepted the resignation.
Key quotations
“ORDERED that Katherine Boyd Palmer-Ball's application for permission to resign is granted and her nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further ORDERED that Katherine Boyd Palmer-Ball'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...” (*1)
Factual background
Katherine Boyd Palmer-Ball was admitted to the New York bar in 2010, maintains a business address in Louisville, Kentucky, and filed an affidavit on July 7, 2025 seeking a nondisciplinary resignation. The Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department did not oppose the application. The court reviewed the affidavit and related correspondence and determined eligibility for resignation.