New York Courts Attorney Disciplinary Actions and Orders

NY Courts AGC Decisions

Filed January 6th, 2022

Detected March 18th, 2026

Summary

The New York Courts Appellate Division Third Judicial Department has published a list of attorney disciplinary actions, sanctions, and orders for 2022. These include disbarments, suspensions, and grants/denials of reinstatement, impacting legal professionals within the state.

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This document details attorney disciplinary actions taken by the New York Courts Appellate Division Third Judicial Department throughout 2022. It lists specific cases, including disbarments (e.g., Matter of Ellen Karena Zwijacz, Matter of Keith R. Wolfe, Matter of Anthony Michael Pastel), suspensions (e.g., Matter of Stephen Louis Molinsek), and decisions on reinstatement requests. The document references specific rules such as 22 NYCRR §1240.12(a) for disbarment and §1240.8(a) for suspension.

Legal professionals in New York must be aware of these disciplinary outcomes as they reflect the standards of conduct and potential consequences for violations. While this document is a record of past actions, it serves as a critical reminder of the enforcement mechanisms and potential sanctions, including disbarment and suspension, that can result from professional misconduct. Compliance officers should review these cases to understand the types of violations that lead to disciplinary action and ensure their firm's practices align with ethical and professional conduct rules.

What to do next

Review disciplinary actions listed for 2022 to understand types of professional misconduct and sanctions.
Ensure firm policies and attorney conduct align with New York's Rules of Professional Conduct.
Consult with legal counsel regarding any specific attorney conduct concerns.

Penalties

Disbarment, Suspension

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LIST OF PROFESSIONAL MATTERS DECISIONS APPELLATE DIVISION THIRD JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT DECIDED AND ENTERED: January 6, 2022 Granted: Matter of Derek Michael Cassidy - PM-01-22 Matter of Anne Marie McPartland Lyons - PM-02-22 Granted: Matter of Laurie Finneran Calder - PM -03-22 Matter of Leah Cohen Chatinover - PM-04-22 Matter of Roman Guzik - PM-05-22 Matter of Ethan William Chun Craig - PM-06-22 Matter of Josiah James Thorogood - PM-07-22 Denied: Matter of Diana M. Weintraub, a/k/a Diana M. Bodner - PM-08-22 January 13, 2022 DISBARMENT [(22 NYCRR) §1240.12(a)] Matter of Ellen Karena Zwijacz - PM-14-22

Granted: Matter of Amanda Lindsay Andrade - PM-09-22 Matter of Libby Skye Davis - PM-10-22 Matter of Benjamin Marc Berlin - PM-11-22 Matter of Gary N. Holthus - PM-12-22 Matter of Haig Gary Apoian - PM-13-22 January 20, 2022 SUSPENSION [(22 NYCRR) §1240.8(a)] Matter of Stephen Louis Molinsek - PM-15-22 January 27, 2022 Granted: Matter of Bruce L. Decker, Jr. - PM-17-22 Matter of Stephan Emil Andersson - PM-18-22 Matter of Walter Cameron Beard, III - PM-19-22 Matter of Karen Gay Castaneda - PM-20-22 Matter of Alan Ross Wolfert - PM-21-22 Denied: Matter of Davina M.F. Devleeschouwer - PM-16-22 February 3, 2022 Granted: Matter of Stephen Philip Finn - PM-22-22 Matter of Corey Marika Endo - PM-23-22 Matter of Christy Lay-Mumin - PM-24-22

February 10, 2022 Matter of Erwin Rosenberg - PM-26-22 REINSTATEMENT [(22 NYCRR) §1240.16 and Granted: Matter of Mala S. Narayanan a/k/a Mala Sundar - PM-25-22 Granted: Matter of Marc Philip Weingarten - PM-27-22 February 17, 2022 Granted: Matter of James Ellsworth Landis - PM-29-22 Matter of Goud Pradyumna Maragani - PM-30-22 Matter of Patricia J. Rogers - PM-31-22 Matter of Zachary Alan Dietert - PM-33-22 Denied: Matter of Elizabeth Yingyin Song - PM-32-22 February 24, 2022 Granted: Matter of Mohamed Hamra-Krouha - PM-34-22 Matter of Hetty Lawrence Richardson - PM-35-22

Matter of Jonathan Lloyd Becker - PM-36-22 Matter of Sur Gordon Novel - PM-37-22 March 3, 2022 DISBARMENT [(22 NYCRR) §1240.9(b)] Matter of Keith R. Wolfe - PM-41-22 DISBARMENT [(22 NYCRR) §1240.12(a)] Matter of Anthony Michael Pastel - PM-48-22 Granted: Matter of Shitong Qiao - PM-43-22 Matter of Christina Guerrero - PM-44-22 Matter of Robert Nicholas Holup - PM-45-22 Granted: Matter of Alan George Benjamin - PM-38-22 Matter of Kathryn Anne Cobb - PM-39-22 Matter of Luis R. Mejia - PM-40-22 Matter of Jason Robert Wool - PM-43-22 Matter of Steven Mark Pyser - PM-46-22 Matter of Amanda Lynn Cluff - PM-47-22 March 10, 2022 Matter of Mizell Campbell - PM-53-22 Matter of Arik Brice Fetscher - PM-50-22

Granted: Matter of Mark Edelstein - PM-52-22 Matter of Amy Beth Garcia-Bokor - PM-54-22 Granted: Matter of Peter Alan Shelton - PM-49-22 Matter of Megan Chauffe Kiefer - PM-51-22 March 17, 2022 Granted: Matter of Sarah Ann Morrison - PM-56-22 Denied: Matter of Jin Hee Ahn - PM-55-22 March 24, 2022 Granted: Matter of Patrick Joseph Conway - PM-57-22 Matter of Laura Gabriela Pedraza Farina - PM-58-22 Granted: Matter of Lauryn Kay Fraas - PM-59-22

Matter of George A. Prutting Jr. - PM-60-22 Matter of Austin Maxwell Berry - PM-61-22 Matter of Rita Kraner - PM-62-22 Matter of Hillary Diane Vaillancourt - PM-63-22 March 31, 2022 Granted: Matter of Japheth Nthautha Matemu - PM-64-22 Matter of Aziza Ahmed - PM-65-22 Granted: Matter of Paul G. Kostro - PM-66-22 Matter of Chelsea Elizabeth Walker Pizzola - PM-67-22 Matter of Mark Alan Shelby - PM-68-22 Matter of Thomas J. Urbelis - PM-69-22 Matter of Michele Susan Greif - PM-70-22 Matter of Sara Jacobs - PM-71-22 April 7, 2022 Granted: Matter of Sarah W. Gregory - PM-72-22 Matter of Rulon Wade Litchfield - PM-73-22 Matter of David Lawrence Palmer - PM-74-22 Matter of Kenneth I. Schindler - PM-75-22 Matter of Kathleen Bridges - PM-76-22

April 14, 2022 Granted: Matter of Marilyn Lee Nardo, a/k/a Marilyn Lee Moore - PM-77-22 Matter of Meghan Marie Cerretani, a/k/a Meghan Marie Anderson - PM-78-22 Mater of Andrea Carolina Couttenye - PM-79-22 Matter of Juno Hwang - PM-80-22 Matter of Fang Liu - PM-81-22 Matter of Lee Jiun Lok - PM-82-22 Matter of Feifei Ning - PM-83-22 Matter of Michael Keith Yudin - PM-84-22 Granted: Matter of Ashley Lynn Kolata-Guzik - PM-85-22 Matter of Daniel Arturo Perez - PM-86-22 April 21, 2022 Matter of Temani Me-Chelle Adams - PM-88-22 Granted: Matter of William Michelson Pavlov - PM-89-22 Matter of Debra Kradjian Stephans - PM-90-22 Matter of James Gerard Flood - PM-91-22 Granted: Matter of Barbara Weitz - PM-87-22

April 28, 2022 MOTION TO VACATE ORDER SUSPENDING RESPONDENT Granted: Matter of Terrence Anthony Gordon - PM-97-22 Granted: Matter of Anil Advani - PM-92-22 Matter of Edel Marie Quinn - PM-93-22 Matter of Aseged Yimer - PM-94-22 Matter of Nazanin Baseri - PM-95-22 Granted: Matter of Samuel Charles Rosten - PM-96-22 May 5, 2022 Matter of Scott Michael Marinelli - PM-99-22 Granted: Matter of Jon David Corey - PM-100-22

Granted: Matter of Inez Lee - PM-98-22 May 19, 2022 Matter of Becky Leigh Caruso - PM-104-22 Granted: Matter of Fanpeng Meng - PM-101-22 Matter of Siyu Jolene Tan - PM-102-22 Granted: Matter of Linda Mack - PM-103-22 May 26, 2022 Granted: Matter of Daniel Kasen Streim - PM-105-22 June 2, 2022 Denied: Matter of David John Watson - PM-106-22

June 9, 2022 SUSPENSION [(22 NYCRR) §1240.12] Matter of Jerry Ray Hamling - PM-108-22 Matter of Yiheng Lou - PM-109-22 Granted: Matter of James Michael Bruhn, Jr. - PM-110-22 Matter of Isabelle Anna Demenge - PM-107-22 June 16, 2022 Matter of Robert Morris Cohen - PM-111-22 June 23, 2022 DISBARRED [(22 NYCRR) §1240.13] Matter of Anthony Joseph Moses - PM-118-22 Matter of Kimberly Anne Harp - PM-116-22 SUSPENSION [(22 MYCRR) §1240.13] Matter of Rosemarie Andrea Anderson - PM-112-22

Granted: Matter of Marc Joseph Gorayeb - PM-113-22 Matter of Robert Alexander Pilmer - PM-114-22 Matter of Karina Nicole Delgado - PM-115-22 Matter of David Waldman - PM-117-22 June 30, 2022 Granted: Matter of Joan Alice Lovell - PM-119-22 Matter of Victoria Chamberlain Labate - PM-120-22 July 7, 2022 Granted: Matter of Richard J. Conway, Jr. - PM-121-22 Matter of Sanford Lewis Bohrer - PM-123-22 Matter of Richard Lee Weisz - PM-124-22 Denied: Matter of Patricia Marie Malone - PM-122-22 July 14, 2022 Granted: Matter of Lonnie James Bean, also known as Lonnie James Bean III - PM-125-22

Granted: Matter of Larry Martin Roth - PM-126-22 July 21, 2022 DISBARMENT ([22 NYCRR] §1240.12) Matter of Elizabeth Anne Valandingham - PM-136-22 Granted: Matter of Salvatore Anthony Barbatano - PM-127-22 Matter of Tao Chen - PM-128-22 Matter of Stacy Elizabeth Frazier - PM-129-22 Matter of Jonathan Leslie Lederman - PM-130-22 Matter of Wenxiong Qiu - PM-131-22 Matter of Renee Shantel Smith - PM-132-22 Matter of Nada Alice Sader - PM-135-22 Matter of Barbara L. Prendergast PM-137-22 Matter of Alma Pekmezovic - PM-138-22 Matter of Robert Graham McNamara - PM-139-22 Denied: Matter of Kirsten A. Zochowski - PM-134-22 July 28, 2022 Granted: Matter of Matthew Francis Finamore - PM-140-22

Granted: Matter of Marilyn Jean Ramos - PM-141-22 August 11, 2022 DISBARMENT ([22 NYCRR] §1240.13) Matter of Erik Sobkiewicz - PM-142-22 Granted: Matter of Daniel Ari Kapner - PM-143-22 Matter of Emily Ann Bruemmer - PM-144-22 Matter of Jessica Hall Zomer - PM-145-22 Matter of Matthew David Lamb - PM-146-22 Matter of Terica Nicole Smith Anderson - PM-148-22 MOTION DENIED Matter of Anonymous - PM-147-22 September 1, 2022 DISBARMENT ([22 NYCRR] §1240.13) Matter of Jason Edward Rheinstein - PM-149-22 SUSPENSION [Judiciary Law §468(a)] In the Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law §468-a - PM-150-22

Granted: Matter of Pushkal Mishra - PM-151-22 September 8, 2022 DISBARMENT ([22 NYCRR] §1240.13) Matter of Edward J. Lynum - PM-152-22 Granted: Matter of Jared Scott Goodman - PM-153-22 Matter of Lawrence Dexter Jackson - PM-154-22 Matter of John Michael Krenzel - PM-155-22 Matter of Sean Franks Greenwood - PM-156-22 Matter of Julie Kim - PM-158-22 Matter of Michael Showalter - PM-159-22 Matter of Adam Roland Hunter - PM-160-22 Denied: Matter of Jennifer Anne Fischer - PM-157-22 September 15, 2022 SUSPENSION [(22 MYCRR) §1240.13] Matter of Doreen Marie Zankowski - PM-162-22 Granted: Matter of Kelsey Jean Gann - PM-163-22 Matter of Irene Mmiriaku Mbah - PM-164-22

Denied: Matter of Larry Vaughn Albers - PM-161-22 September 22, 2022 Granted: Matter of Matthew Michael Gilbert - PM-165-22 September 29, 2022 Granted: Matter of Zachary Michael Bastian - PM-166-22 Matter of Stephen Louis Molinsek - PM-167-22 October 6, 2022 Granted: Matter of Tim Sheehan - PM-168-22 Matter of Kyle Sellers McGuire - PM-169-22 Matter of Augustine Ogbebor Otor-Osagie - PM-170-22 Matter of Boru You - PM171-22 October 13, 2022 Denied: Matter of Thomas Patrick McQuade - PM-173-22 Granted: Matter of Perveen Racquel Ali - PM-172-22

October 27, 2022 Matter of Ephraim Chukwuemeka Ugwuonye - PM-174-22 SUSPENSION [(22 NYCRR) §1240.8] Matter of Pery D. Krinsky - PM-175-22 Granted: Matter of Mary Elizabeth O'Neill - PM-177-22 Granted: Matter of Kathrin Berkenbusch - PM-176-22 November 3, 2022 Matter of Frank Alex Tobias - PM-183-22 Matter of Nicholas R. Canizio - PM-185-22 Granted: Matter of Meghan Elaine Nayak - PM-184-22 Matter of Chahdan Jebeyli - PM-186-22

Granted: Matter of Daniel Frederick McLennon - PM-178-22 Matter of Steven Bennett Gould - PM-179-22 Matter of Scott Michael Hammack - PM-180-22 Matter of A. Patrick Nucciarone - PM-181-22 Matter of Natalie L. Regoli - PM-182-22 November 10, 2022 Matter of Alexander Elliott Kahn - PM-189-22 Granted: Matter of Wenxuan Yang - PM-187-22 Matter of Nevekna Pavlovic - PM-188-22 November 17, 2022 SUSPENION [(22 NYCRR) §1240.13] Matter of Robert John Hankes - PM-194-22 Granted: Matter of Marc David Policastro - PM-190-22 Granted: Matter of Gabrielle Anne Regney - PM-191-22 Matter of Elizabeth Marie Hugetz - PM-192-22 Matter of Elizabeth April Williams - PM-193-22

November 23, 2022 Granted: Matter of Donna Usana Wingate - PM-201-22 Granted: Matter of Paul Joseph Buser - PM-195-22 Matter of Vincent J. Dotoli - PM-196-22 Matter of Rachael Bari Levi Krane - PM-197-22 Matter of Susan Marie McLaughlin - PM-198-22 Matter of Michael Mowla - PM-199-22 Matter of Andrew Charles Punzo - PM-200-22 December 1, 2022 DISBARMENT [(22 NYCRR) §1240.12] Matter of Enrique Elliot Adler - PM-206-22 Granted: Matter of Maria Luwalhati Casanova Dorotan - PM-202-22 Matter of Loryn Michelle Lawson-PM-203-22 Granted: Matter of Barbara June Williams - PM-204-22 Matter of Phillippe de Grandmont - PM-205-22 Matter of Jennifer Anne Fischer - PM-207-22 Matter of Caitlin Melissa Ens - PM-208-22 Matter of Mary Joy Odom - PM-209-22

Denied: Matter of Joseph Abraham Gorman - PM-210-22 Matter of Daniel Farrell O'Brien - PM-211-22 December 8, 2022 SUSPENDED [(22 NYCRR) §1240.13] Matter of Jonathan Sablone - PM-213-22 Granted: Matter of Anne Dara Fitzgibbon - PM-212-22 Matter of Angela Marie Rea - PM-214-22 December 15, 2022 SUSPENDED [(22 NYCRR) §1240.8(a)(5)] Matter of Cheryl Parsons Ruel - PM-216-22 Granted: Matter of Timothy Alexander Gordon Andison - PM-215-22 Matter of Howard Jeffrey Kern - PM-217-22 Matter of James Brendan Day - PM-218-22 Matter of Kasey Elizabeth Doeing PM-219-22 Matter of Karma Phintso Dolkar - PM-220-22 Matter of Elizabeth B. Donkervoort, a/k/a Elizabeth Baldrey Tasick - PM-221-22 Matter of Hyemin Lee - PM-222-22 Matter of Karline Louisa Lee - PM-223-22 Matter of Sean Satish Lal - PM-224-22 Matter of Patricia McArdle - PM-225-22 Matter of Phillip Rosenblatt - PM-226-22 Matter of James Joseph Sarconi - PM-227-22 Matter of Richard J. Shea, Jr. - PM-228-22 Matter of Leen Zaza - PM-229-22

December 22, 2022 Granted: Matter of Joseph Leonard Gordon - PM-230-22 Matter of Ranjit Nicholas Singh - PM-231-22 December 29, 2022 Granted: Matter of Eric A. Gang - PM-232-22 Matter of Claire Elizabeth Jenkins - PM-233-22