Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M271956

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ALAN D. SCHEINKMAN, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO

REINALDO E. RIVERA

MARK C. DILLON

RUTH C. BALKIN, JJ.

2020-01187 In the Matter of Joshi A. Valentine, admitted as Joshi Ashoma Valentine, an attorney and counselor-at-law. (Attorney Registration No. 4779583)

DECISION & ORDER VOLUNTARY RESIGNATION

Joshi A. Valentine has submitted an affidavit dated January 17, 2020, wherein she voluntarily resigns from the New York State Bar. Ms. Valentine 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 March 24, 2010, under the name Joshi Ashoma Valentine. There are no complaints or charges of professional misconduct pending against her. Ms. Valentine presently resides in New Mexico, 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 Joshi A. Valentine, admitted as Joshi Ashoma Valentine, is accepted and directed to be filed; and it is further,

ORDERED that the name of Joshi Ashoma Valentine 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, Joshi A. Valentine 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 herself out in any way as an attorney and counselor-at-law in the State of New York; and it is further,

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

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

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court