¶1OPINION OF THE COURT
¶2On November 15, 1995, the respondent was convicted, upon a jury verdict, in the Supreme Court, Essex County, of sodomy in the third degree (Penal Law § 130.40), a class E felony.
¶3*184Pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90 (4), the respondent ceased to be an attorney and counselor-at-law upon his conviction of a felony.
¶4Accordingly, the petitioner’s motion is granted, without opposition from the respondent. The respondent is disbarred and his name is stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law, effective immediately.
¶5Mangano, P. J., Bracken, Balletta, Rosenblatt and Florio, JJ., concur.
¶6Ordered that, pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90, effective immediately, the respondent, John T. Seaman, is disbarred and his name is stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law; and it is further,
¶7Ordered that the respondent shall promptly comply with this Court’s rules governing the conduct of disbarred, suspended, and resigned attorneys (22 NYCRR 691.10); and it is further,
¶8Ordered that, pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90, effective immediately, John T. Seaman is commanded to desist and refrain (1) from practicing law in any form, either as principal or as agent, clerk, or employee of another, (2) from appearing as an attorney or counselor-at-law before any court, Judge, Justice, board, commission, or other public authority, (3) from giving to another an opinion as to the law or its application or any advice in relation thereto, and (4) from holding himself out in any way as an attorney and counselor-at-law.