Matter of Larsen (2019 NY Slip Op 08959) Matter of Larsen 2019 NY Slip Op 08959 Decided on December 12, 2019 Appellate Division, First Department Per Curiam Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports. Decided on December 12, 2019 SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION First Judicial Department Hon.John W. Sweeny, Jr.,Justice Presiding, Judith J. Gische Barbara R. Kapnick Troy K. Webber Ellen Gesmer,Justices. &em; [*1]In the Matter of Leah Larsen, a suspended attorney: Attorney Grievance Committee for the First Judicial Department, Petitioner, Leah Larsen, Respondent. Disciplinary proceedings instituted by the Attorney Grievance Committee for the First Judicial Department. Respondent, Leah Larsen, was admitted to the Bar of the State of New York at a Term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court for the First Judicial Department on February 27, 1978. Jorge Dopico, Chief Attorney, Attorney Grievance Committee, New York (Jeremy S. Garber, of counsel), for petitioner. Peter E. Brill, Esq., for respondent PER CURIAM. Respondent Leah Larson was admitted to the practice of law in the State of New York by the First Judicial Department on February 27, 1978. At all times relevant to these proceedings, respondent maintained an office for the practice of law within the First Judicial Department. By order dated January 31, 2008, we suspended respondent for 2 1/2 years, effective February 29, 2008, for misconduct involving a single client matter which included false notarization, misappropriation of escrow funds, commingling, charging an excessive legal fee, and pressuring her client to withdraw his fee complaint via a threat to pursue the full amount of her bill in arbitration, and was directed to pay $30,464 in restitution to her client (50 AD3d 41 [1st Dept 2008]). On February 4, 2009, the Board of Immigration Appeals suspended respondent from practice before immigration tribunals for 30 months, retroactive to December 22, 2008, based on our discipline. To date, respondent has not been reinstated to practice law and remains suspended in New York and from practice before the immigration courts. By notice of motion dated August 5, 2019, respondent seeks an order, pursuant to the Rules for Attorney Disciplinary Matters (22 NYCRR 1240.10), accepting her resignation as an attorney and counselor-at-law licensed to practice law in the State of New York. Respondent's counsel explains that in March 2019, respondent sought to resign and provided the Attorney Grievance Committee (AGC) with an affidavit of resignation. However, she did not properly file the motion with this Court, an omission that she has remedied with this motion. The AGC has filed an affirmation that it does not oppose respondent's motion. Respondent's affidavit of resignation, sworn to on July 16, 2019, conforms to the format set forth in Appendix A to 22 NYCRR 1240.10. Respondent acknowledges that she is currently the subject of an investigation by the AGC involving allegations that include at least the following acts of professional misconduct: from 2012 through 2016, ...
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