Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M310117

KS/

HECTOR D. LASALLE, P.J.

MARK C. DILLON

COLLEEN D. DUFFY

BETSY BARROS

FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, JJ.

2024-02508 In the Matter of Michael Gimenez Diaz, a disbarred attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 3021441)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

By decision and order on application of this Court dated October 18, 2024, Catherine A. Sheridan, Esq., Chief Counsel, Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, was appointed as inventory attorney for the legal files of Michael Gimenez Diaz, a disbarred attorney, who was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on February 9, 2000. By opinion and order dated November 6, 2024, this Court disbarred Diaz, effective immediately (see Matter of Diaz, 234 AD3d 20).

On the Court's own motion, it is

ORDERED that Catherine A. Sheridan, Esq., Chief Counsel, Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, 150 Motor Parkway, Suite 306, Hauppauge, NY 11788, is relieved as inventory attorney for the files of Michael Gimenez Diaz, a disbarred attorney; and it is further,

ORDERED that Steven J. Maffei, Esq., 8512 Bay 16th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11214, is hereby appointed as inventory attorney (1) to take custody of and inventory the files of Michael Gimenez Diaz, a disbarred attorney, including any original wills, (2) to take custody of and safeguard the records of any business, escrow, trust, or special bank account of Diaz, (3) to receive, open, and read mail addressed to Diaz at his regular place of business, and (4) to take such action as is deemed proper and advisable to protect the interests of the former clients of Diaz.

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

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court