

Matter of Staley (2019 NY Slip Op 07678)





Matter of Staley


2019 NY Slip Op 07678


Decided on October 24, 2019


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: October 24, 2019

PM-167-19

[*1]In the Matter of Robert Christopher Staley, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 5354329.)

Calendar Date: October 21, 2019

Before: Egan Jr., J.P., Lynch, Clark and Mulvey, JJ.


Robert Christopher Staley, Denver, Colorado, 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.
Robert Christopher Staley was admitted to practice by this Court in 2015 and lists a business address in Denver, Colorado with the Office of Court Administration. Staley 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 Staley's application.
Upon reading Staley's affidavit sworn to August 7, 2019 and filed August 12, 2019, and upon reading the October 17, 2019 correspondence in response by the Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Staley is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation.Egan Jr., J.P., Lynch, Clark and Mulvey, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that Robert Christopher Staley's application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is furtherORDERED that Robert Christopher Staley'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 furtherORDERED that Robert Christopher Staley
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 Staley 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 furtherORDERED that Robert Christopher Staley
shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him.


