Matter of Hennessey

In 2012, respondent was convicted, upon his plea of guilty, of two felony counts of aggravated harassment in the second degree as a hate crime (see generally People v Hennessey, 111 AD3d 1166 [2013]). Upon said conviction, respondent was automatically disbarred from the practice of law (see Judiciary Law § 90 [4] [a], [e]; Matter of Barash, 20 NY2d 154, 157 [1967]). This Court’s subsequent acceptance of respondent’s resignation from practice (95 AD3d 1501 [2012]) was therefore superfluous (see Matter of Sanderson, 119 AD3d 1318, 1318 [2014]), but the order nonetheless accomplished the…