New York Courts: Attorney Disciplinary Decisions 2024

APPELLATE DIVISION THIRD JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT DECISIONS DECIDED AND ENTERED: January 11, 2024 Granted: Matter of Jenette Hernandez - PM-01-24 Matter of Jocelyn Elizabeth Mackie - PM-02-24 Matter of Emi Wakatsuki - PM-03-24 January 18, 2024 Denied: Matter of Ronald Leonard Daigle, Jr., - PM-04-24 January 25, 2024 Granted: Matter of Urs Martin Lauchli - PM-05-24 Matter of Ojeaga Adebola Longe - PM-06-24 Matter of Patrina Alesia Ozurumba - PM-07-24 Matter of Karen Sett Wong - PM-08-24

February 1, 2024 Denied: Matter of Anthony Emeka Nze Nwosu - PM-16-24 REINSTATEMENT CONDITIONS SATISFIED [(22 NYCRR) §1240.16] Matter of Vincent Dominick Paragano - PM-09-24 Granted: Matter of Michael Everett Heygood - PM-10-24 Matter of Patricia Marie Malone - PM-12-24 Matter of Cynthia Kellie Sargeant - PM-13-24 Matter of Eileen Weiss Toll - PM-14-24 Matter of Nancy Louise Walkley - PM-15-24 Denied: Matter of Bruce Michael Cooper - PM-11-24 February 8, 2024 Granted: Matter of Fang Bao - PM-17-24 Matter of Grace Marie Walsh Gallagher - PM-18-24

February 15, 2024 Denied: Matter of Sung Youl Kim - PM-19-24 February 29, 2024 REINSTATEMENT CONDITIONS TERMINATED AND SATISFIED Matter of William Castro - PM-20-24 Granted: Matter of Michael Anthony Suarez - PM-21-24 Matter of Aleksandra Elzbieta Krawcewicz - PM-22-24 Matter of Peter Seung-K Wang Lee - PM-23-24 Matter of Seni Mansur Adio - PM-25-24 Matter of Qi Jing - PM-27-24 Granted: Matter of Kimberly Jeanne Gost - PM-24-24 Matter of Jerome J. Convery - PM-26-24 Matter of Peter Liloia III - PM-28-24

March 7, 2024 Granted: Matter of Rosemarie Andrea Anderson - PM-34-24 Matter of Amante Albano Pimentel - PM-29-24 Matter of Daniel Mark Donahue - PM-30-24 Matter of Youngsoog Na - PM-31-24 Granted: Matter of Jonathan Michael Cohen - PM-32-24 Matter of Hector A. Rivera Jr. - PM-33-24 Matter of Mary B. Androski - PM-35-24 Matter of Catherine Esther Bocskor - PM-36-24 Matter of Ollie Minton Harton - PM-37-24 Matter of Eli Patrick McCrain - PM-38-24 March 14, 2024 Matter of Hanna Mary Renna - PM-43-24 SUSPENSION [(22 NYCRR) §1240.9(a)] Matter of Delores Felice Seligman - PM-44-24 MOTION TO REARGUE Denied: Matter of Jerry Ray Hamling - PM-42-24

SUSPENSION ORDER VACATED [(22 NYCRR) §1240.9(a)] Matter of Delores Felice Seligman - PM-44-24 Granted: Matter of Robert Adam Mosier - PM-39-24 Matter of Daniel Farrell O'Brien - PM-40-24 Matter of Peter David Van Buren - PM-41-24 March 21, 2024 SUSPENSION [(22 NYCRR) §1240.14] Matter of Daniel Joseph O'Phelan - PM-51-24 Granted: Matter of Tsipora Benji - PM-45-24 Matter of Michael Andrew Fusco - PM-46-24 Matter of Kyung Jin Kim - PM-47-24 Matter of Sun Min Lee - PM-48-24 Matter of Xiaoyuan Li - PM-49-24 Matter of Olrick Michael Ojong - PM-50-24 April 4, 2024 Matter of Gemma Marilyn Antoine-Belton - PM-55-24

CENSURE [(22NYCRR) §1240.8] Matter of Paul L. Gruner - PM-56-24 Granted: Matter of Benjamin Michael Saul - PM-59-24 Granted: Matter of Kayley Alexis Bebber - PM-52-24 Matter of Thomas Aquinas DiBiase - PM-53-24 Matter of Deborah McInnes Festa - PM-54-24 Matter of Ryan Paul Hallisey - PM-57-24 Matter of Joseph G. Murray - PM-58-24 April 11, 2024 Granted: Matter of Marcia A. Membrino - PM-60-24 Matter of Jeffrey David Singer - PM-61-24 Matter of Ellyn C. Vogin - PM-62-24 Matter of Thomas Granville Burgess - PM-63-24 Matter of Peter J. Liska - PM-64-24 Matter of Tara Dahl Mattessich - PM-65-24 Matter of James David Toll - PM-66-24 April 18, 2024 Matter of Zak Ahmad Aljaludi - PM-69-24

ORDER STAYING INVESTIGATION VACATED [(22 NYCRR) §1240.14] Matter of Randel Aaron Scharf - PM-67-24 Granted: Matter of Scott Douglas Pinsky - PM-68-24 April 25, 2024 Granted: Matter of Demetra Agriantonis, also known as Demetra Agriantonis Maurice - PM-70-24 Matter of Sabrina Alyce Nelson - PM-72-24 Matter of Catherine Sunae Shin - PM-73-24 Matter of Kali Chantelle Jones- PM-75-24 Matter of Eric Ryan Plant - PM-76-24 Granted: Matter of Katherine Ann Aidala - PM-71-24 Matter of Vilas S. Dhar - PM-74-24

May 2, 2024 Denied: Matter of Yasutaka Orihara - P-78-24 May 9, 2024 Matter of Rita Horwitz Altman - PM-86-24 Matter of William Haymore Brammer, Jr. - PM-87-24 SUSPENSION [(22 NYCRR) §1240.8(a)(5)] Matter of Gerald Orseck - PM-88-24 Granted: Matter of Kate Lommel Ciravolo - PM-79-24 Matter of Jonathan D. Deily - PM-80-24 Matter of Beth Ann Diebel - PM-81-24 Matter of Todd Charles Fineberg - PM-82-24 Matter of Marcus Harry Karavan - PM-83-24 Matter of Harry Post Meislahn - PM-84-24 Matter of Catherine Marie Squillace - PM-85-24 May 16, 2024 CENSURED [(22 NYCRR) §1240.8(a)(5)] Matter of Devon Joseph Casertino - PM-94-24

Granted: Matter of Jin Hee Ahn - PM-89-24 Matter of Matthew Edward Feinberg - PM-90-24 Matter of Susan Ghelerter - PM-91-24 Matter of J. Stuart Lemle - PM-92-24 Matter of William Bailey Roberts - PM-93-24 Matter of Joseph Mead Gesley - PM-95-24 Matter of Daniel Raymond Healy - PM-96-24 May 23, 2024 Granted: Matter of John Michael Amorison - PM-97-24 Matter of Geeta Nadia Kapur - PM-99-24 Matter of Christian John Riddell - PM-100-24 Matter of Ricardo Mena Sanchez - PM-101-24 Matter of Yingmao Tang - PM-102-24 Granted: Matter of Peter Christian Hus - PM-98-24 May 30, 2024 Matter of Paul Saul Haar - PM-109-24

Granted: Matter of Eberechukwu Nkechinyere Nwakudu, Also known as Eberechukwu Nkechinyere Nwakudu Ekechukwu - PM-112-24 Granted: Matter of Charyn Kay Hain - PM-103-24 Matter of Francis L. Ramirez - PM-104-24 Matter of Helen Vera - PM-105-24 Matter of Cynthia Nicole Baker - PM-106-24 Matter of James Wright Clayton - PM-107-24 Matter of Nancy Sher Cohen - PM-108-24 Matter of Kyung Jin Kim - PM-110-24 Matter of Nancy Carol Smith - PM-111-24 June 6, 2024 DISBARMENT [(22 NYCRR) §1240.13}] Matter of Bryan Nazor - PM-118-24 SUSPENSION [(22 NYCRR) §1240.9(a)] Matter of John Frederick Gearing - PM-114-24 DECISION AND ORDER RELIEVING BAR ASSOCIATION OF LIMITED CUSTODIAN APPOINTMENT Matter of Randel Aaron Scharf - PM-117-24

Granted: Matter of Nathan Hoye Nelson - PM-116-24 Denied: Matter of Mary Elizabeth Deal - PM-113-24 Matter of Thomas James Henderson - PM-115-24 June 13, 2024 Matter of Gary Lee Mason - PM-120-24 Granted: Matter of John Thomas Shaban - PM-119-24 June 20, 2024 Granted: Matter of Jennifer Paige Lambdin - PM-121-24 Matter of Lisa Liju Wong - PM-122-24 Granted: Matter of Robert P. Hall-App - PM-123-24

June 27, 2024 Granted: Matter of Willem Lodewikus Pretorius - PM-124-24 July 3, 2024 Granted: Matter of Fern Ruth Epstein - PM-125-24 Matter of Robert Steven Hertzberg - PM-126-24 Matter of Frederic Warren Jacoby - PM-127-24 Matter of John Cicchino - PM-128-24 Matter of Ian Clemson Driscoll - PM-129-24 Matter of Claudine Q. Homolash - PM-130-24 Matter of Robert A. Kaye - PM-131-24 Matter of Elan Howard Ronen - PM-132-24 July 11, 2024 DISBARMENT [(22 NYCRR) §1240.12] Matter of James Dalton Saunders - PM-138-24 Granted: Matter of Barbara L. Prendergast - PM-133-24 Matter of Heather Louise Erskine - PM-134-24 Matter of Daniel Michael Majtan III - PM-135-24 Matter of Stephen Albert Unsworth - PM-137-24

Denied: Matter of William Joseph Martin - PM-136-24 July 18, 2024 RESIGNATION WHILE INVESTIGATION OR PROCEEDING IS PENDING-DISBARMENT [(22 NYCRR) §1240.10] Matter of E. Stewart Jones, Jr. - PM-139-24 Granted: Matter of Quinton Rhys Singleton - PM-140-24 Matter of Steven James Talevi - PM-141-24 July 25, 2024 Granted: Matter of Nisha Pramod Koradia - PM-142-24 Matter of Yanyan Song - PM-144-24 Granted: Matter of Thomas Joseph Tierney - PM-146-24

Granted: Matter of Gareth William Notis - PM-143-24 Granted: Matter of Alyssa Noreen Farley - PM-145-24 Matter of Kathryn Christine Vouri-Misso - PM-147-24 Matter of Peter Richard Jarvis - PM-148-24 August 1, 2024 Matter of Daniel David Hediger - PM-149-24 Granted: Matter of Rachel Ann Mariner - PM-151-24 Granted: Matter of Douglas Mark Husid - PM-150-24 Matter of Hannah Jean Vice - PM-152-24 August 8, 2024

Matter of Wilson Daniel Swayze Jr. - PM-162-24 Matter of Allan Baldwin Cruikshank Jr. - PM-159-24 Granted: Matter of John James Hayes II - PM-153-24 Matter of Hiroko Miyazaki - PM-154-24 Matter of Sara Irfan Shah - PM-155-24 Granted: Matter of Joseph Anthony Merlino - PM-156-24 Matter of Alison Douty Mortinger - PM-157-24 Matter of Gavin Robert Tisdale - PM-158-24 Matter of Alan Stephen Deutsch - PM-160-24 Matter of Kimberly Ann Kearney - PM-161-24 August 15, 2024 Granted: Matter of David John Watson - PM-164-24

Granted: Matter of Frank Evan Karabetsos - PM-163-24 Matter of Thomas Anthony Callaghan - PM-165-24 Matter of Mark Leland Hopkins - PM-166-24 August 22, 2024 Matter of Herbert Ira Mendelsohn - PM-167-24 Granted: Matter of Chin Cheung - PM-168-24 Matter of Camille Natasha Warner - PM-169-24 Granted: Matter of Alina Belen Lindblom - PM-170-24 August 29, 2024 Granted: Matter of Damian V. Santomauro - PM-171-24 September 5, 2024

Granted: Matter of Mary L. Maloney - PM-172-24 Matter of John Francis Murray - PM-173-24 Matter of Tim Robert Ramnitz - PM-174-24 Matter of Maria Salome De Basso Temudo - PM-175-24 September 12, 2024 Granted: Matter of Christos P. Kotsogiannis - PM-182-24 Granted: Matter of Stacey Alton - PM-176-24 Matter of Michael J. Chulak - PM-177-24 Matter of Samuel John Kearing - PM-178-24 Matter of Anne Newton McFadden - PM-179-24 Matter of Melvin Pearlman - PM-180-24 Denied: Matter of Ananda Bikash Roy - PM-181-24 September 19, 2024

Granted: Matter of Andi David Daze - PM-183-24 Matter of Yvette Gibbons - PM-184-24 Matter of Kyung Jik Kwak - PM-185-24 Matter of Liat Har Adir, also known as Liat Franco - PM-186-24 Matter of Yingxia Li - PM-187-24 September 26, 2024 SUSPENSION [Judiciary Law §468(a)] Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law §468-a Granted: Matter of Emily Elizabeth Gabor - PM-188-24 Matter of Jody Taliaferro McCormack - PM-190-24 Matter of Brian Thomas Ortelere - PM-191-24 Matter of Kathryn Leibell Pasternak - PM-192-24 Matter of Mihret Mengesha Woldesemait - PM-193-24 October 3, 2024 DISBARMENT [(22NYCRR) §1240.13)] Matter of Dianne E. Laurenzo - PM-197-24 Granted: Matter of Paul Lawrence Alpern - PM-194-24

Matter of Justin Dale Cope - PM-195-24 Matter of Steven C. Goldberg - PM-196-24 Matter of Gregory Evers May - PM-198-24 Matter of Hitomi Nakamura - PM-199-24 Matter of James C. Tuttle - PM-200-24 October 10, 2024 MOTION FOR LEAVE TO VACATE ORDER OF DISBARMENT DENIED Matter of Erwin Rosenberg - PM-202-24 Granted: Matter of Janet Hyonson Roh - PM-203-24 Matter of Carolina Boechat Lopes Raimondi - PM-204-24 Matter of Afua Sarpong Akoto - PM-205-24 Granted: Matter of Joseph P. McDonald - PM-201-24 October 24, 2024 Matter of Lisbeth Ann Freeman – PM-206-24 Matter of David M. Goldstein – PM-207-24

Denied: Matter of Jonathan Wayne – PM-208-24 October 31, 2024 SUSPENSION [(22 NYCRR) §1240.12] Matter of Kenneth John Chesebro - PM-213-24 Granted: Matter of Victoria Howard Jueds - PM-209-24 Matter of Michael John Lunga - PM-210-24 Matter of Conor Scott Gilligan - PM-211-24 Matter of Michael C. Thompson - PM-212-24 November 7, 2024 CENSURE [(22 NYCRR) §1240.8(a)(5)] Matter of Alice Renee Sutton - PM-219-24 SUSPENSION [(22 NCYRR) §1240.9(a)] Matter of Darlene Debra Brown - PM-216-24 Granted: Matter of Aliki Drakodaidis, also known as Aliki Sofis - PM-214-24 Matter of Kyong Jin Yo - PM-215-24

Granted: Matter of Peter J. Chepucavage - PM-217-24 Matter of Edward J. Copeland - PM-218-24 Matter of F. Elias Boujaoude - PM-220-24 Matter of Christine Marie Francescani - PM-221-24 Matter of Virginia Marie King - PM-222-24 Matter of Anthony Joseph Marchetta - PM-223-24 November 14, 2024 Granted: Matter of Meredith Margaret Brumfield - PM-224-24 Matter of Leslee Wilkins Miraldi - PM-225-24 November 21, 2024 Matter of Donald Albert Young - PM-227-24 CENSURED [(22 NYCRR) §1240.13] Matter of David Peddy Kashani - PM-226-24 REINSTATEMENT CONDITIONS TERMINATED [(22 NYCRR) §1240.16] Matter of Leonard W. Krouner - PM-228-24

Granted: Matter of Kenneth B. Weckstein - PM-229-24 November 27, 2024 CENSURED [(22 NYCRR) §1240.13] Matter of Wooseok Chang - PM-234-24 Granted: Matter of Saen Michael Boden - PM-232-24 Granted: Matter of Aubrey Lynn Ardema - PM-230-24 Matter of David W. Beier - PM-231-24 Matter of Richard Dan Buchwald - PM-233-24 Matter of Paul Mikal Hauge - PM-235-24 Matter of Karla Mulholland - PM-236-24 Matter of Stephen Bernard Gillman - PM-237-24 December 5, 2024 SUSPNESION [(22 NYCRR) §1240.13] Matter of Kevin Mbeh Tabe - PM-247-24 APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION DENIED Matter of Anonymous - PM-238-24

Granted: Matter of Joseph James Berrigan - PM-239-24 Matter of Phoebe Fischer-Groban - PM-240-24 Matter of Donald Edward Frechette - PM-241-24 Matter of Jane T. Holler - PM-242-24 Matter of Colleen Frances Manwell - PM-243-24 Matter of Molly Ann Moynihan - PM-244-24 Matter of Michael Fred Brandman - PM-245-24 Matter of Andrew Knight Crawford - PM-246-24 December 12, 2024 Granted: Matter of David James Ekelund Jr. - PM-248-24 Matter of Yoshikazu Iwase - PM-249-24 Matter of Mark Christopher Reichel - PM-250-24 December 19, 2024 MOTION FOR LEAVE TO VACATE ORDER OF DISBARMENT DENIED Matter of Erwin Rosenberg - PM-257-24 Denied: Matter of William Haymore Brammer, Jr. - PM-255-24 Granted: Matter of Chaz Robert Fisher - PM-259-24v Matter of Colin McClellan Breeze - PM-251-24 Matter of Kristen Elizabeth Gerweck - PM-252-24

Matter of Ji Min Lim - PM-253-24 Matter of Janisha Sham Sabnani - PM-254-24 Matter of Robert Henry Rankin - PM-256-24 Granted: Matter of Martha S. Faigen - PM-260-24 Matter of Andreas Gerten - PM-261-24 Denied: Matter of Michael J. Toohey - PM-258-24 December 26, 2024 Granted: Matter of Bart Edwin Bodkin - PM-262-24 Matter of Ericka Aida Antonia Bryam - PM-263-24 Matter of Donald Edward Lacey Jr. - PM-264-24 Matter of Kenneth J. Mayers - PM-265-24