Harvey Newkirk, the former Bryan Cave attorney convicted of helping a client try to cheat lenders out of millions of dollars in a failed attempt to buy Maxim magazine, has been disbarred.

A unanimous Appellate Division, First Department, panel has accepted Newkirk’s request for an order approving his resignation and disbarring him. The panel wrote that Newkirk “attests that he cannot successfully defend himself against allegations of professional misconduct based upon his conviction.” In December 2015, a federal jury convicted Newkirk of wire fraud but he was acquitted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.