Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

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A. GAIL PRUDENTI, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

ROBERT A. SPOLZINO

PETER B. SKELOS, JJ.

2008-08742 In the Matter of Kevin M. Fields, admitted as Kevin Michael Fields, an attorney and counselor-at-law. (Attorney Registration No. 4427662)

DECISION & ORDER VOLUNTARY RESIGNATION

Kevin M. Fields has voluntarily submitted an affidavit dated September 16, 2008, wherein he resigns from the New York State Bar. Mr. Fields was admitted to the Bar in the State of New York at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on October 25, 2006, under the name Kevin Michael Fields. There are no complaints or charges of professional misconduct pending against him. Mr. Fields presently resides in Ohio, does not practice law in New York, and under these circumstances, does not wish to pay the biennial registration fee.

Upon the papers submitted in support of the resignation, it is

ORDERED that the voluntary resignation of Kevin M. Fields is accepted and directed to be filed; and it is further,

ORDERED that the name of Kevin M. Fields is removed from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law in the State of New York, without prejudice to an application for reinstatement; and it is further,

ORDERED that pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90, effective immediately, Kevin M. Fields is commanded to desist and refrain from (l) practicing law in any form, either as principal or as agent, clerk, or employee of another in the State of New York, (2) appearing as an attorney or counselor-at-law before any court, Judge, Justice, board, commission, or other public authority in this State, (3) giving to another an opinion as to the law or its application or any advice in relation thereto in this State, and (4) holding himself out in any way as an attorney and counselor-at-law in the State of New York; and it is further,

ORDERED that if Kevin M. Fields has been issued a secure pass by the Office of Court Administration, it shall be returned forthwith to the issuing agency.

PRUDENTI, P.J., MASTRO, RIVERA, SPOLZINO and SKELOS, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

James Edward Pelzer

Clerk of the Court