IN RE: Andrew McGee (2010)

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.

IN RE: Andrew McGee, admitted as Andrew Briscoe McGee, an attorney and counselor-at-law.  Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts, petitioner;  Andrew McGee, respondent.  (Attorney Registration No. 1020007) Motion by the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts to recall and vacate this Court's decision and order on motion dated March 30, 2010, which authorized it to institute and prosecute a disciplinary proceeding against the respondent based upon two alcohol-related misdemeanor convictions, and referred the issues raised to the Honorable Harry E. Seidell, as Special Referee to hear and report, and, in lieu thereof, to strike the respondent's name from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4), based upon his felony conviction.  The respondent was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on May 5, 1976, under the name Andrew Briscoe McGee.  Upon the papers submitted to the Court, it is ORDERED that the motion is granted, the decision and order on motion of this Court dated March 30, 2010, is recalled and vacated, and the following opinion and order is substituted therefor:  Motion by the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts for an order striking the respondent's name from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90(4)(b), on the ground that he has been automatically disbarred by virtue of a felony conviction.  The respondent was admitted to the Bar at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on May 5, 1976, under the name Andrew Briscoe McGee.  Diana Maxfield Kearse, Brooklyn, New York (Thomas Graham Amon of counsel),

2009-09874

Decided: September 28, 2010

A. GAIL PRUDENTI, P.J. REINALDO E. RIVERA PETER B. SKELOS MARK C. DILLON CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, JJ.

for petitioner. PER CURIAM.   On June 2, 2009, the respondent pleaded guilty in the Criminal Court of the City of New York, Richmond County, to the crimes of driving while intoxicated, in violation of Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1192.3, and aggravated driving while intoxicated, in violation of Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1192.2(a), both misdemeanors.   The misdemeanor convictions were for two separate offenses committed on December 16, 2008, and January 26, 2009, respectively.   The Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts (hereinafter the Grievance Committee) informed the Court that prior to his sentencing for the misdemeanors, the respondent was re-arrested on July 17, 2009, for driving while intoxicated as a felony, and other related crimes.   At the time this Court authorized a disciplinary proceeding for the respondent ‘s misdemeanor convictions, there was not yet any court action with respect to the pending felony indictment.