In re Lynum

• Decision Date: 08 September 2022
• Docket Number: PM-152-22
• Citation: 208 A.D.3d 1449,174 N.Y.S.3d 486
• Parties: In the MATTER OF Edward J. LYNUM, a Suspended Attorney. (Attorney Registration No. 5041363)
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

208 A.D.3d 1449
174 N.Y.S.3d 486

In the MATTER OF Edward J. LYNUM, a Suspended Attorney.

(Attorney Registration No. 5041363)

PM-152-22

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

Calendar Date: June 6, 2022
Decided and Entered: September 8, 2022

174 N.Y.S.3d 487

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.

Before: Lynch, J.P., Clark, Aarons, Pritzker and McShan, JJ.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTION

Per Curiam.

208 A.D.3d 1449

Respondent was admitted to practice by this Court in 2012. He is also admitted in the District of Columbia and in his home state of Florida, where he most recently listed a business address with the Office of Court Administration. In November 2019, as a result of his noncompliance with a subpoena to testify before Florida disciplinary authorities, respondent was held in contempt of court by the Supreme Court of Florida and suspended pending his compliance with said subpoena ( Florida Bar v. Lynum , 2019 WL 5846910 [Fla. 2019] ). In an unrelated disciplinary matter, respondent was again suspended by March 2020 order of the Supreme Court of Florida for 180 days based upon his discourteous, dishonest and disrespectful conduct toward members of the bench and bar ( Florida Bar v. Lynum , 2020 WL 1061266 [Fla. 2020] ). In August 2020, this Court granted the uncontested motion of the Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department (hereinafter AGC) to suspend respondent based upon his aforementioned Florida misconduct (186 A.D.3d 970, 127 N.Y.S.3d 815 [3d Dept. 2020] ; see Rules for Attorney Disciplinary Matters [ 22 NYCRR] § 1240.13 [a]; Rules of the App.Div., 3d Dept [ 22 NYCRR] § 806.13 ). Respondent remains suspended in this State.

In January 2021, respondent was disbarred by order of the Supreme Court of Florida based upon uncontested allegations of his continued and escalating pattern of disparaging statements and threatening behavior against members of the bench and bar, including statements made on publicly available social media platforms ( Florida Bar v. Lynum , 2021 WL 209198 [Fla. 2021] ). In August 2021, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals disbarred

174 N.Y.S.3d 488

respondent based upon his Florida misconduct. AGC now moves to discipline respondent based upon his Florida misconduct underlying his 2021 disbarment in that state (see Rules for Attorney Disciplinary...