Matter of Grifoni-Waterman

Matter of Grifoni-Waterman 2026 NY Slip Op 05841 October 8, 2026 Appellate Division, Third Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This decision is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports. In the Matter of Raoul Grifoni-Waterman, an Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 5805544.) Decided and Entered:October 8, 2026 PM-223-26 Calendar Date: September 28, 2026 Before: Pritzker, J.P., Ceresia, Fisher, Powers And Cocoran, JJ. Raoul Grifoni-Waterman, South Holland, Netherlands, pro se. Monica A. Duffy, Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department, Albany (Alison M. Coan of counsel), for Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department. [*1] Per Curiam. Raoul Grifoni-Waterman was admitted to practice by this Court in 2020 and lists a business address in The Hague, Netherlands with the Office of Court Administration. Grifoni-Waterman now seeks leave to resign from the New York bar for nondisciplinary reasons (see Rules for Atty Disciplinary Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.22 [a]). The Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department (hereinafter AGC) advises that it does not oppose Grifoni-Waterman's application. Upon reading Grifoni-Waterman's affidavit sworn to July 21, 2026 and filed August 5, 2026, and upon reading the September 24, 2026 correspondence in response by the Deputy Chief Attorney for AGC, and having determined that Grifoni-Waterman is eligible to resign for nondisciplinary reasons, we grant his application and accept his resignation. Pritzker, J.P., Ceresia, Fisher, Powers and Cocoran, JJ., concur. ORDERED that Raoul Grifoni-Waterman's application for permission to resign is granted and his nondisciplinary resignation is accepted; and it is further ORDERED that Raoul Grifoni-Waterman'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 Atty Disciplinary Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.22 [b]); and it is further ORDERED that Raoul Grifoni-Waterman 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 Grifoni-Waterman 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 Raoul Grifoni-Waterman shall, within 30 days of the date of this decision, surrender to the Office of Court Administration any Attorney Secure Pass issued to him.