Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M309129

KS/

HECTOR D. LASALLE, P.J.

MARK C. DILLON

COLLEEN D. DUFFY

FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY

WILLIAM G. FORD, JJ.

2023-09828 In the Matter of Feng Li, an attorney and counselor-at-law. Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts, petitioner; Feng Li, respondent. (Attorney Registration No. 4384012)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

Motion by the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts to strike the respondent's name from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law based on his conviction of a felony pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4), or, in the alternative, to suspend the respondent from the practice of law based on his conviction of a serious crime pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(f) and 22 NYCRR 1240.12(b)(2)(ii) and (c)(2)(ii), and direct the respondent to show cause why a final order of discipline should not be made pursuant to 22 NYCRR 1240.12(c)(2)(i). The respondent was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on May 3, 2006.

On October 30, 2013, the respondent pleaded guilty before the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, to conspiracy to commit immigration fraud, in violation of 18 USC § 371, and immigration fraud, in violation of 18 USC § 1546(a). On April 28, 2015, the respondent was sentenced to time served on both counts, one year of supervised release on each count, to run concurrently, forfeiture of $150,000, and a monetary penalty of $200.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and no papers having been filed in opposition or in relation thereto, it is

ORDERED that the branch of the motion which is to strike the name of the respondent, Feng Li, from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law based on his conviction of a felony is denied; and it is further,

ORDERED that the branch of the motion which is to suspend the respondent, Feng Li, from the practice of law, pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(f) and 22 NYCRR(b)(2)(ii), based on his conviction of a serious crime as defined in Judiciary Law § 90(4)(d) is granted, and it is further,

ORDERED that the respondent, Feng Li, is immediately suspended from the practice of law pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(f) and 22 NYCRR 1240.12(c)(2)(ii) as a result of his conviction of a serious crime, continuing until further order of this Court; and it is further,

ORDERED that the respondent, Feng Li, shall promptly comply with this Court's 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, during the period of suspension and until further order of this Court, the respondent, Feng Li, is commanded to desist and refrain from (1) practicing law in any form, either as principal or agent, clerk, or employee of another, (2) appearing as an attorney 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, Feng Li, has been issued a secure pass by the Office of Court Administration, it shall be returned forthwith to the issuing agency, and he shall certify to the same in his affidavit of compliance pursuant to 22 NYCRR 1240.15(f); and it is further,

ORDERED that pursuant to 22 NYCRR 1240.12(c)(2)(i), the respondent, Feng Li, is directed to show cause why a final order of suspension, censure, or disbarment should not be made based on his conviction of a serious crime by uploading a digital copy of an affidavit with the Clerk of the Court, with proof of service upon the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts, through the digital portal on this Court's website, on or before December 19, 2025; and it is further,

ORDERED that the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts shall upload a digital copy of a response to the papers filed by the respondent, Feng Li, if any, with proof of service thereof, through the digital portal on this Court's website on or before January 9, 2026; and it is further,

ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court, or his designee, shall serve a copy of this order to show cause on the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts, via email; and it is further,

ORDERED that the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts shall serve the respondent, Feng Li, with a copy of this order to show cause pursuant to the order of this Court dated August 6, 2025, and upload proof of service through the digital portal on this Court's website on before November 19, 2025.

LASALLE, P.J., DILLON, DUFFY, CONNOLLY and FORD, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court