Matter of Brody
2026 NY Slip Op 02325 [248 AD3d 1562]
April 16, 2026
Appellate Division, Third Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, June 10, 2026
In the Matter of Lawrence Martin Brody, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 4749883.)
April 16, 2026
HEADNOTES
Attorney and Client — Resignation — Nondisciplinary Reasons
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Lawrence Martin Brody, Tinton Falls, New Jersey, pro se.
Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany (Alison M. Coan of counsel, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department.
Per Curiam. Lawrence Martin Brody was admitted to practice by this Court in 2009 and lists a business address in Tinton Falls, New Jersey with the Office of Court Administration. Brody 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 Brody's application.
Upon reading Brody's affidavit sworn to February 10, 2026, and filed February 13, 2026, and upon reading the April 7, 2026 correspondence in response by the Deputy Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Brody is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation.
Garry, P.J., Clark, Fisher, Mackey and Ryba, JJ., concur. Ordered that Lawrence Martin Brody's application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further ordered that Lawrence Martin Brody'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 Lawrence Martin Brody 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 Brody 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 Lawrence Martin Brody shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him.