Matter of Gowell
2026 NY Slip Op 02715
April 30, 2026
Appellate Division, Third Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This decision is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.
In the Matter of John R. Gowell Jr., an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 5453857)
Decided and Entered:April 30, 2026
PM-85-26
Calendar Date: April 27, 2026
Before: Pritzker, J.P., Ceresia, Mcshan, Powers And Ryba, JJ.
John R. Gowell Jr., Jamestown, Rhode Island, 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.
John R. Gowell Jr. was admitted to practice by this Court in 2016 and lists a business address in Jamestown, Rhode Island with the Office of Court Administration. Gowell 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 Gowell's application.
Upon reading Gowell's affidavit sworn to March 11, 2026 and filed March 16, 2026, and upon reading the April 24, 2026 correspondence in response by the Deputy Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Gowell is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation.
Pritzker, J.P., Ceresia, McShan, Powers and Ryba, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that John R. Gowell Jr.'s application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further
ORDERED that John R. Gowell Jr.'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 John R. Gowell Jr. 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 Gowell 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 John R. Gowell Jr. shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him.