Jules Philip Levine, Key West, Florida, 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.Jules Philip Levine was admitted to practice by this Court in 1966 and lists a business address in Key West, Florida with the Office of Court Administration. Levine 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 Levine’s application.Upon reading Levine’s affidavit sworn to May 29, 2018 and filed May 31, 2018, and upon reading the June 25, 2018 correspondence in response by the Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Levine is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation.McCarthy, J.P., Lynch, Mulvey, Aarons and Pritzker, JJ., concur.ORDERED that Jules Philip Levine’s application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is furtherORDERED that Jules Philip Levine’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 Jules Philip Levine 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 Levine 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 Jules Philip Levine shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him.
