Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M191660

E/ct

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

PETER B. SKELOS

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, JJ.

2014-07047 In the Matter of Timothy G. Griffin, a suspended attorney. Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial District, petitioner; Timothy G. Griffin, respondent. (Attorney Registration No. 1976430)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by the Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial District (1) to adjudicate the respondent in default, based upon his failure to answer a verified petition dated July 22, 2014, (2) to deem the charges against the respondent, which are contained in the verified petition, established, and (3) to impose such discipline upon the respondent as this Court may deem appropriate.

The respondent was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on March 20, 1985. By decision and order on motion of this Court dated November 12, 2014, the respondent was immediately suspended from

the practice of law pursuant to 22 NYCRR 691.4(l)(i) and (iii), and the Grievance Committee was

authorized to institute and prosecute a disciplinary proceeding against the respondent based upon the

acts of professional misconduct set forth in a verified petition dated July 22, 2014. On November 25, 2014, the respondent was personally served with a copy of the decision and order on motion dated November 12, 2014, as well as a copy of the verified petition dated July 22, 2014. The respondent was personally served with the Grievance Committee's motion on January 15, 2015. The respondent has neither opposed the motion, nor interposed any response.

By letter dated March 12, 2015, the Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial District notified this Court, inter alia, that on February 4, 2015, in the Supreme Court, Richmond County the respondent pleaded guilty to grand larceny, a felony.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and no papers having been filed in opposition or in relation thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motion is denied; and it is further,

ORDERED that on the Court's own motion, the Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial District is directed to file a motion to strike the name of the respondent, Timothy G. Griffin, from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(b), based upon his conviction of grand larceny, a felony.

ENG, P.J., MASTRO, RIVERA, SKELOS, and LEVENTHAL, JJ.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court