Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M200880

E/ct

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

MARK C. DILLON

RUTH C. BALKIN, JJ.

2015-05263 In the Matter of Samuel J. Merritt, admitted as Samuel Joseph Merritt, an attorney and counselor-at-law. (Attorney Registration No. 4422655)

DECISION & ORDER VOLUNTARY RESIGNATION

Samuel J. Merritt has submitted an affidavit dated June 19, 2015, wherein he voluntarily resigns from the New York State Bar. Mr. Merritt 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 Samuel Joseph Merritt. There are no complaints or charges of professional misconduct pending against him. Mr. Merritt presently resides in Minnesota, 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 Samuel Joseph Merritt is accepted and directed to be filed; and it is further,

ORDERED that the name of Samuel Joseph Merritt 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, Samuel Joseph Merritt 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 Samuel Joseph Merritt 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, DILLON and BALKIN, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court