| Matter of Magri |
| 2025 NY Slip Op 04248 [243 AD3d 107] |
| July 23, 2025 |
| Per Curiam. |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| As corrected through Wednesday, January 14, 2026 |
| In the Matter of John Felix Magri, an Attorney, Respondent. Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts, Petitioner. |
Motion by the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts to strike respondent's name from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law on the ground that he has been convicted of a felony (Judiciary Law § 90 [4] [b]). Respondent was admitted to the bar on March 25, 1992, at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department.
Attorney and Client
- Disciplinary Proceedings
- Disbarment
Pursuant to the automatic disbarment provisions of Judiciary Law § 90 (4) (a), respondent ceased to be an attorney upon his conviction of the felony of possessing a sexual performance by a child (Penal Law § 263.16).
David W. Chandler, Brooklyn (Michael D'Ambrosio of counsel), for petitioner.
On October 11, 2024, the respondent pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court, Queens County, to the crime of possessing a sexual performance by a child, a class E felony, in violation of New York Penal Law § 263.16.
The Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts moves to strike the respondent's name from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90 (4) (b), based upon his felony conviction.
Pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90 (4) (a), the respondent was automatically disbarred and ceased to be an attorney upon his conviction of a felony.
Accordingly, the motion to strike the respondent's name from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90 (4) (b), is granted to reflect the respondent's automatic disbarment as of October 11, 2024.
LaSalle, P.J., Dillon, Duffy, Barros and Connolly, JJ., concur.
Ordered that the motion of the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts is granted; and it is further,
Ordered that pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90 (4) (a), the respondent, John Felix Magri, is disbarred, effective October 11, 2024, and his name is stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90 (4) (b); and it is further,
[*2]Ordered that the respondent, John Felix Magri, shall comply with the 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, the respondent, John Felix Magri, is commanded to desist and refrain from (1) practicing law in any form, either as principal or as agent, clerk, or employee of another, (2) appearing as an attorney{**243 AD3d at 109} 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, John Felix Magri, 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).