Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M310166

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HECTOR D. LASALLE, P.J.

MARK C. DILLON

COLLEEN D. DUFFY

BETSY BARROS

FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, JJ.

2024-08329 In the Matter of Eliyahu Schulman, a disbarred attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 5101027)

DECISION & ORDER ON MOTION

By decision and order on application of this Court dated December 20, 2024, Catherine A. Sheridan, Esq., Chief Counsel, Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, was appointed as inventory attorney for the legal files of Eliyahu Schulman, 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 April 24, 2013. By opinion and order dated January 29, 2025, this Court disbarred Schulman, effective immediately (see Matter of Schulman, 236 AD3d 18).

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 Eliyahu Schulman, 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 Eliyahu Schulman, 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 Schulman, (3) to receive, open, and read mail addressed to Schulman 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 Schulman.

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

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court