Matter of Greenwood


Matter of Greenwood (2022 NY Slip Op 05137) Matter of Greenwood 2022 NY Slip Op 05137 Decided on September 8, 2022 Appellate Division, Third Department 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 and Entered:September 8, 2022 PM-156-22 [*1]In the Matter of Sean Franks Greenwood, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 4409140.) Calendar Date:September 6, 2022 Before:Garry, P.J., Lynch, Clark, Aarons and Pritzker, JJ. Sean Franks Greenwood, Houston, Texas, pro se. Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany, for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department. Per Curiam. Sean Franks Greenwood was admitted to practice by this Court in 2006 and lists a business address in Houston, Texas with the Office of Court Administration. Greenwood now seeks leave to resign from the New York bar for nondisciplinary reasons (see Rules for Attorney Disciplinary Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.22 [a]). The Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department (hereinafter AGC) advises that it does not oppose Greenwood's application. Upon reading Greenwood's affidavit sworn to July 8, 2022 and filed July 11, 2022, and upon reading the August 30, 2022 correspondence in response by the Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Greenwood is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation. Garry, P.J., Lynch, Clark, Aarons and Pritzker, JJ., concur. ORDERED that Sean Franks Greenwood's application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further ORDERED that Sean Franks Greenwood's name is hereby stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law of the State of New York, effective immediately, and until further order of this Court (see generally Rules for Attorney Disciplinary Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.22 [b]); and it is further ORDERED that Sean Franks Greenwood is commanded to desist and refrain from the practice of law in any form in the State of New York, either as principal or as agent, clerk or employee of another; and Greenwood is hereby forbidden to appear as an attorney or counselor-at-law before any court, judge, justice, board, commission or other public authority, or to give to another an opinion as to the law or its application, or any advice in relation thereto, or to hold himself out in any way as an attorney and counselor-at-law in this State; and it is further ORDERED that Sean Franks Greenwood shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him. PM-156-22 Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York nyappdiv N.Y. App. Div. Matter of Greenwood 8 September 2022 2022 NY Slip Op 05137 Published 6dbddf6abb90ec8373acd5cca7bc39821fb684cd

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