Matter of Howard Frank Gondree, an Attorney, Resignor

2026 NY Slip Op 02767 · Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department · May 1, 2026

Summary

The Appellate Division, Fourth Department accepted Howard Frank Gondree's application to resign from the bar for non-disciplinary reasons. The court ordered that his name be removed from the roll of attorneys.

Court
Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
Writing for the Court
Curran, J.P.; Bannister, J.; Montour, J.; Greenwood, J.; Hannah, J.
Jurisdiction
Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
Decision date
May 1, 2026
Procedural posture
An attorney applied to resign from the New York bar for non-disciplinary reasons.
Precedential value
published
Parties
Howard Frank Gondree
Disposition
other

Topics

appellate procedure

Practice areas

attorney disciplinelegal ethicsbar admission and resignation

Questions Presented

  1. Whether the application to resign from the bar for non-disciplinary reasons should be accepted.

Holdings

  1. The application to resign for non-disciplinary reasons was accepted, and the attorney's name was removed from the roll of attorneys.

Key quotations

Application to resign for non-disciplinary reasons accepted and name removed from roll of attorneys. ([*1])

Factual background

Howard Frank Gondree, an attorney, submitted an application to resign from the bar for non-disciplinary reasons. The Appellate Division accepted the application and ordered that his name be removed from the roll of attorneys.

Procedural history

The Appellate Division, Fourth Department considered the attorney's application to resign for non-disciplinary reasons and accepted it, directing that his name be removed from the roll of attorneys.

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