Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M244772

E/afa

WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P.

REINALDO E. RIVERA

MARK C. DILLON

RUTH C. BALKIN

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, JJ.

2017-09581 In the Matter of Ryan Saraco, admitted as Ryan Ronald Saraco, and attorney and counselor-at-law. Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, petitioner; Ryan Saraco, respondent. (Attorney Registration No. 4404141)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Motion by the Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District (1) pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(f) and 22 NYCRR 1240.12(b)(2) and (c)(2)(ii) to suspend the respondent from the practice of law based on his conviction, upon his plea of guilty, on June 5, 2017, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, of Department of Housing and Urban Development transactions - fraud, in violation of 18 USC 1012, which is a serious crime, and (2) pursuant to 22 NYCRR 1240.12(c)(2)(i) to direct the respondent to show cause why a final order of discipline should not be made. The respondent was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on September 20, 2006, under the name Ryan Ronald Saraco.

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 granted; and it is further,

ORDERED that the respondent, Ryan Saraco, admitted as Ryan Ronald Saraco, is immediately suspended from the practice of law in the State of New York, pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(f) and 22 NYCRR 1240.12(c)(2)(ii), as a result of his conviction of a serious crime, continuing until further order of this Court; and it is further,

ORDERED that the respondent, Ryan Saraco, admitted as Ryan Ronald Saraco, shall promptly comply with this Court's rules governing the conduct of disbarred or suspended attorneys (see 22 NYCRR 1240.15); and it is further,

ORDERED that pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90, during the period of suspension and until further order of this Court, the respondent, Ryan Saraco, admitted as Ryan Ronald Saraco, is commanded to desist and refrain from (1) practicing law in any form, either as principal or agent, clerk, or employee of another, (2) appearing as an attorney or counselor-at-law before any court, Judge, Justice, board, commission, or other public authority, (3) giving to another an opinion as to the law or its application or any advice in relation thereto, and (4) holding himself out in any way as an attorney and counselor-at-law; and it is further,

ORDERED that if the respondent, Ryan Saraco, admitted as Ryan Ronald Saraco, has been issued a secure pass by the Office of Court Administration, it shall be returned forthwith to the issuing agency, and the respondent shall certify to the same in his affidavit of compliance pursuant to 22 NYCRR 1240.15(f); and it is further,

ORDERED that pursuant to 22 NYCRR 1240.12(c)(2)(i), the respondent, Ryan Saraco, admitted as Ryan Ronald Saraco, is directed to show cause why a final order of suspension, censure, or disbarment should not be made based on his conviction of a serious crime, as defined by Judiciary Law § 90(4), by filing an affidavit with the Clerk of this Court, with proof of service upon the Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, on or before March 5, 2018.

MASTRO, J.P., RIVERA, DILLON, BALKIN and LEVENTHAL, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court