Matter of Decker

Matter of Decker (2022 NY Slip Op 00492) Matter of Decker 2022 NY Slip Op 00492 Decided on January 27, 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:January 27, 2022 PM-17-22 [*1]In the Matter of Bruce L. Decker Jr., an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 4535142.) Calendar Date:January 24, 2022 Before:Clark, J.P., Aarons, Pritzker, Reynolds Fitzgerald and Colangelo, JJ. Bruce L. Decker Jr., Erie, Pennsylvania, 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. Bruce L. Decker Jr. was admitted to practice by this Court in 2007 and lists a business address in Erie, Pennsylvania with the Office of Court Administration. Decker now seeks leave to resign from the New York bar for nondisciplinary reasons (see Rules for Attorney Disciplinary Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.22 [a]).[FN1] The Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department (hereinafter AGC) advises that it does not oppose Decker's application. Upon reading Decker's affidavit sworn to September 28, 2021 and filed October 1, 2021, and upon reading the January 18, 2022 correspondence in response by the Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Decker is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation. Clark, J.P., Aarons, Pritzker, Reynolds Fitzgerald and Colangelo, JJ., concur. ORDERED that Bruce L. Decker Jr.'s application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further ORDERED that Bruce L. Decker Jr.'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 Bruce L. Decker Jr. 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 Decker 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 Bruce L. Decker Jr. shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him. Footnotes Footnote 1: Decker's previous application for leave to resign was denied by order of this Court (197 AD3d 1455 [2021]).