Matter of Wen Kwan Chow
Motion No: 2012-08553
Slip Opinion No: 2013 NY Slip Op 63377(U)
Decided on February 1, 2013
Appellate Division, Second Department, Motion Decision
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports.


Supreme Court of the State of New York

Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M150729

E/ct

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

PETER B. SKELOS

MARK C. DILLON, JJ.

2012-08553

In the Matter of Wen Kwan Chow,

an attorney and counselor-at-law.

(Attorney Registration No. 3055696)

DECISION & ORDER
VOLUNTARY RESIGNATION

Wen Kwan Chow has voluntarily submitted an affidavit dated April 16, 2012,

resigning from the New York State Bar. Wen Kwan Chow 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 November 15, 2000. There are no complaints or charges of professional misconduct pending against Wen Kwan Chow. Wen Kwan Chow presently resides in Singapore 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 Wen Kwan Chow is accepted and directed to be filed; and it is further,

ORDERED that the name of Wen Kwan Chow 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, Wen Kwan Chow 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) representing in any way that Wen Kwan Chow is an attorney and counselor-at-law in the State of New York; and it is further,

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

ENG, P.J., MASTRO, RIVERA, SKELOS and DILLON, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court