
    [986 NYS2d 841]
    In the Matter of Jerome Plotner, an Attorney, Resignor.
    Second Department,
    June 4, 2014
    APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
    
      Diana M. Kearse, Brooklyn (Mark F. DeWan of counsel), for Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts.
    
      Jerome Plotner, Jamaica, resignor pro se.
   OPINION OF THE COURT

Per Curiam.

Jerome Plotner has submitted an affidavit sworn to on January 23, 2014, wherein he tenders his resignation as an attorney and counselor-at-law (see 22 NYCRR 691.9). Mr. Plotner acknowledges in his affidavit that his resignation is freely and voluntarily rendered, that he is not being subjected to coercion or duress by anyone, and that he is fully aware of the implications of its submission.

Mr. Plotner acknowledges that the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts is currently investigating two complaints of professional misconduct against him. The first involves allegations by a client that Mr. Plotner mishandled a lawsuit commenced on the client’s behalf. The second is a sua sponte complaint initiated after a check drawn on his attorney trust account was dishonored due to insufficient funds. Mr. Plotner acknowledges that if charges were predicated on the aforementioned allegations, he could not successfully defend himself on the merits against such charges.

Mr. Plotner’s resignation is submitted subject to any application by the Grievance Committee for an order directing that he make restitution and that he reimburse the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90 (6-a) (a). He acknowledges the continuing jurisdiction of the Court to make such an order, which could be entered as a civil judgment against him. He specifically waives the opportunity afforded him by Judiciary Law § 90 (6-a) (f) to be heard in opposition thereto.

The Grievance Committee recommends that the Court accept Mr. Plotner’s proffered resignation.

Inasmuch as the proffered resignation complies with the requirements of 22 NYCRR 691.9, it is accepted, Mr. Plotner is disbarred, and his name is stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, effective immediately.

Eng, PJ., Rivera, Skelos, Dillon and Sgroi, JJ., concur.

Ordered that the resignation of Jerome Plotner is accepted and directed to be filed; and it is further,

Ordered that pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90, effective immediately, Jerome Plotner is disbarred, and his name is stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law; and it is further,

Ordered that Jerome Plotner shall comply with this Court’s rules governing the conduct of disbarred, suspended, and resigned attorneys (see 22 NYCRR 691.10); and it is further,

Ordered that pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90, effective immediately, Jerome Plotner shall desist and refrain from (1) practicing law in any form, either as principal or as agent, clerk, or employee of another, (2) appearing as an attorney or counselor-at-law before any court, judge, justice, board, commission, or other public authority, (3) giving to another an opinion as to the law or its application or any advice in relation thereto, and (4) holding himself out in any way as an attorney and counselor-at-law; and it is further,

Ordered that if Jerome Plotner has been issued a secure pass by the Office of Court Administration, it shall be returned forthwith to the issuing agency and the respondent shall certify to the same in his affidavit of compliance pursuant to 22 NYCRR 691.10 (f).  