Matter of Showalter (2022 NY Slip Op 05140) Matter of Showalter 2022 NY Slip Op 05140 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-159-22 [*1]In the Matter of Michael Showalter, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 5609565.) Calendar Date:September 6, 2022 Before:Egan Jr., J.P., Clark, Pritzker, Reynolds Fitzgerald and Fisher, JJ. Michael Showalter, Washington, DC, 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. Michael Showalter was admitted to practice by this Court in 2018 and lists a business address in Washington, DC with the Office of Court Administration. Showalter 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 Showalter's application. Upon reading Showalter's affidavit sworn to July 2, 2022 and filed July 7, 2022, and upon reading the September 1, 2022 correspondence in response by the Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Showalter is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation. Egan Jr., J.P., Clark, Pritzker, Reynolds Fitzgerald and Fisher, JJ., concur. ORDERED that Michael Showalter's application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further ORDERED that Michael Showalter'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 Michael Showalter 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 Showalter 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 Michael Showalter 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-159-22 Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York nyappdiv N.Y. App. Div. Matter of Showalter 8 September 2022 2022 NY Slip Op 05140 Published f8e9ebc72fa6094738454d2289c792bd0da8a453
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