| Matter of Punzo |
| 2022 NY Slip Op 06680 [210 AD3d 1366] |
| November 23, 2022 |
| Appellate Division, Third Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| In the Matter of Andrew Charles Punzo, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 5771837.) |
Andrew Charles Punzo, New York City, respondent pro se.
Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.
Per Curiam. Andrew Charles Punzo was admitted to practice by this Court in 2020 and lists a New York City business address with the Office of Court Administration. Punzo now seeks leave to resign from the New York bar for nondisciplinary reasons (see Rules for Attorney Disciplinary Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.22 [a]). The Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department (hereinafter AGC) advises that it does not oppose Punzo's application.
Upon reading Punzo's affidavit sworn to August 10, 2022, and filed September 15, 2022, and upon reading the November 14, 2022 correspondence in response by the Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Punzo is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation.
Garry, P.J., Lynch, Aarons, Reynolds Fitzgerald and Fisher, JJ., concur. Ordered that Andrew Charles Punzo's application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further ordered that Andrew Charles Punzo's name is hereby stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law of the State of New York, effective immediately, and until further order of this Court (see generally Rules for Attorney Disciplinary Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.22 [b]); and it is further ordered that Andrew Charles Punzo is commanded to desist and refrain from the practice of law in any form in the State of New York, either as principal or as agent, clerk or employee of another; and Punzo is hereby forbidden to appear as an attorney or counselor-at-law before any court, judge, justice, board, commission or other public authority, or to give to another an opinion as to the law or its application, or any advice in relation thereto, or to hold himself out in any way as an attorney and counselor-at-law in this State; and it is further ordered that Andrew Charles Punzo shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him.