Summary
This Appellate Division, Third Department order addresses an attorney’s application to resign from the New York bar for nondisciplinary reasons. After reviewing the applicant’s affidavit and noting the Attorney Grievance Committee’s lack of opposition, the court granted the request. The order formally accepts the resignation, strikes the attorney’s name from the roll of attorneys effective immediately, and prohibits him from practicing law in New York until further court order.
Topics
Questions Presented
- Whether Eric George Soller is eligible to resign from the New York Bar for nondisciplinary reasons under 22 NYCRR §1240.22.
Holdings
- Soller is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons and his application is granted.
Key quotations
“ORDERED that Eric George Soller's application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further ORDERED that Eric George Soller'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 Atty Disciplinary Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.22 [b]); and it is further ORDERED that Eric George Soller 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 Soller 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 Eric George Soller shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him.” (474)
Factual background
Eric George Soller was admitted to the New York Bar in 2008, maintains a business address in Pennsylvania, and filed an affidavit seeking resignation from the Bar for nondisciplinary reasons. The Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department did not oppose the application. The court reviewed the affidavit and related correspondence and determined Soller was eligible to resign.