The New York Appellate Division for the Third Judicial Department has disbarred an attorney

Respondent, who was previously admitted to practice in Illinois in 1997 and in his home state of Florida in 2000, was admitted to practice by this Court in 2004, but was thereafter suspended by May 2019 order of this Court due to his longstanding registration delinquency beginning in 2014 (Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a, 172 AD3d 1706, 1730 [3d Dept 2019]). In May 2016, respondent entered a nolo contendre plea to a single count of the Florida felony of trespass in structure or conveyance with a deadly weapon (see Florida Stat Ann § 810.08 [2] [c]). Thereafter, respondent was suspended for an 18-month term, upon his consent, by the Supreme Court of Florida for his violation of Rule 4-8.4 (b) of the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar (see The Florida Bar v Jones, 2016 WL 6825816, *1 [Fl Sup Ct 2016]). He was later twice found in contempt of the Florida suspension orders (see Rules Regulating the Florida Bar, rule 3-5.1 [h]), however, and was ultimately disbarred in October 2017 by the Supreme Court of Florida.

Florida Record reported on the matter. (Mike Frisch)