In the Matter of Martin B. Ashare (Admitted as Martin Bradley Ashare), an Attorney, Respondent. Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, Petitioner

[608 NYS2d 868] In the Matter of Martin B. Ashare (Admitted as Martin Bradley Ashare), an Attorney, Respondent. Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, Petitioner. Second Department, January 31, 1994 APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL Frank A. Finnerty, Jr., Syosset (Grace D. Moran of counsel), for petitioner. [MAJORITY — Per Curiam.] OPINION OF THE COURT Per Curiam. On March 17, 1993, the respondent was convicted, upon his plea of guilty, in the County Court, Suffolk County, of grand larceny in the fourth degree (Penal Law § 155.30), a class E felony. Pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90 (4), the respondent ceased to be an attorney and counselor-at-law upon his conviction of a felony. Accordingly, the petitioner’s motion is granted, without opposition from the respondent. The respondent is disbarred, and his name is stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, effective immediately. Mangano, P. J., Thompson, Sullivan, Rosenblatt and Ritter, JJ., concur. Ordered that pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90, effective immediately, the respondent, Martin B. Ashare, admitted under the name Martin Bradley Ashare, is disbarred, and his name is stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law; and it is further, Ordered that the respondent shall comply with this Court’s rules governing the conduct of disbarred, suspended, and resigned attorneys (22 NYCRR 691.10); and it is further, Ordered that pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90, effective immediately, Martin B. Ashare, is commanded to desist and refrain (1) from practicing law in any form, either as principal or as agent, clerk, or employee of another, (2) from appearing as an attorney or counselor-at-law before any court, Judge, Justice, board, commission, or other public authority, (3) from giving to another an opinion as to the law or its application or any advice in relation thereto, and (4) from holding himself out in any way as an attorney and counselor-at-law.