| Matter of Zhang |
| 2023 NY Slip Op 01346 [214 AD3d 1200] |
| March 16, 2023 |
| Appellate Division, Third Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| In the Matter of Michael Zhang, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 5868419.) |
Michael Zhang, Vancouver, Washington, 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. Michael Zhang was admitted to practice by this Court in 2021 and lists a business address in Portland, Oregon with the Office of Court Administration. Zhang now seeks leave to resign from the New York bar for nondisciplinary reasons (see Rules for Atty Disciplinary Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.22 [a]). The Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department (hereinafter AGC) advises that it does not oppose Zhang's application.
Upon reading Zhang's affidavit sworn to February 10, 2023, and filed February 24, 2023, and upon reading the March 6, 2023 correspondence in response by the Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Zhang is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation.
Egan Jr., J.P., Clark, Pritzker, Ceresia and McShan, JJ., concur. Ordered that Michael Zhang's application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further ordered that Michael Zhang'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 Atty Disciplinary Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.22 [b]); and it is further ordered that Michael Zhang 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 Zhang 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 Michael Zhang shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him.