Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M310167

KS/

HECTOR D. LASALLE, P.J.

MARK C. DILLON

COLLEEN D. DUFFY

BETSY BARROS

FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, JJ.

2024-08266 In the Matter of Audrey A. Mars, admitted as Audrey Ayanna Mars, a disbarred attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 5141734)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

By decision and order on motion of this Court dated June 25, 2025, Catherine A. Sheridan, Esq., Chief Counsel, Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, was appointed as inventory attorney for the legal files of Audrey A. Mars, 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 May 1, 2013, under the name Audrey Ayanna Mars. By opinion and order dated February 19, 2025, this Court disbarred the respondent, effective immediately (see Matter of Mars, 235 AD3d 141).

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 Audrey A. Mars, a disbarred attorney, who was admitted as Audrey Ayanna Mars; 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 Audrey A. Mars, a disbarred attorney, who was admitted as Audrey Ayanna Mars, including any original wills, (2) to take custody of and safeguard the records of any business, escrow, trust, or special bank account of Mars, (3) to receive, open, and read mail addressed to Mars at her 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 Mars.

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

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court