New York Attorney Disciplinary Actions and Sanctions

LIST OF PROFESSIONAL MATTERS DECISIONS APPELLATE DIVISION THIRD JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT DECIDED AND ENTERED: January 12, 2023 TERMINATION OF REINSTATEMENT CONDITIONS Granted: Matter of Jeffrey T. Canale, Now Known as Jeffrey L. LaCroix - PM-01-23 Granted: Matter of Mark Evan Gordon - PM-02-23 Granted: Matter of Edward Arnim Mallett - PM-03-23 January 26, 2023 DISBARMENT [(22 NYCRR) §1240.13] Matter of Christopher Steven Jones - PM-04-23 Matter of Paul Saul Haar - PM-08-23

SUSPENSION [Judiciary Law 90(4)(f)] Matter of Jerry Ray Hamling - PM-11-23 MOTIONS DENIED Matter of John A. Aretakis - PM-09-23 Granted: Matter of Timothy Christian Wood - PM-05-23 Matter of Shira Nicole Hollander - PM-06-23 Matter of Hilary Ruth Ledwell - PM-07-23 Matter of Leah Bury Morabito - PM-10-23 February 2, 2023 Granted: Matter of Vincent Dominick Paragano - PM-20-23 Matter of Nicholas Ostuni - PM-12-23 Matter of Reagan Levert Toledano - PM-13-23 Granted: Matter of Douglas V. Rigler - PM-14-23 Matter of Elkanah J. Burns, Jr. - PM-15-23 Matter of William Marc McDonald - PM-16-23 Matter of Edward David Shoulkin - PM-17-23 Matter of Stephen Charles Tupper - PM-18-23 Matter of James Andrew Geroges - PM-19-23

February 9, 2023 Granted: Matter of Amy Esther Lefkowitz - PM-25-23 Granted: Matter of Christopher Thomas Zirpoli - PM-21-23 Matter of Marc Maher - PM-22-23 Matter of Hong Suk Chung - PM-23-23 Matter of Anna Maria Braun - PM-24-23 Matter of Alexa Royce Silver - PM-26-23 Matter of Holly Michelle Johnson - PM-27-23 February 16, 2023 DISBARMENT [(22 NYCRR) §1240.13)] Matter of William J. McCullough - PM-31-23 Granted: Matter of Yosef Seffi Kaminitz - PM-28-23 Matter of Adi Amrany - PM-29-23 Matter of Paul S. Simmons -PM-30-23 Matter of Ilana Jacobs Shapiro - PM-32-23 Matter of Molly Cerelda Harris Litz - PM-33-23 Matter of Scott Depoy - PM-34-23 Matter of Joseph Abraham Gorman - PM-35-23

February 23, 2023 SUSPENSION [(22 NYCRR) 1240.13] Matter of John Jay Radshaw - PM-36-23 March 2, 2023 DISBARMENT [(22 NYCRR) 1240.12] Matter of Stephen K. Cornwell, Jr. - PM-37-23 DISBARMENT [(22 NYCRR) 1240.13] Matter of Jeffrey Marc Sherman - PM-38-23 Granted: Matter of Rory Douglas Allen - PM-39-23 Matter of David Randall Azbill - PM-40-23 Matter of Emmett Abdoney - PM-41-23 Matter of Wendi Dawn Barish - PM-42-23 Matter of Gary John Smith - PM-43-23 March 9, 2023 Granted: Matter of Elizabeth Anne Giannotti - PM-44-23 Matter of Francine Norz Tobin - PM-45-23 Matter of James Hugh Gorman - PM-46-23 Matter of Harriet S. Berla - PM-47-23 Matter of L. James Juliano, Jr. - PM-48-23 Matter of Jonathan Fenton Burke - PM-49-23

March 16, 2023 SUSPENSION [(22 NYCRR) 1240.8(b)] Matter of Danielle R. Lange - PM-53-23 Granted: Matter of Soonwon Jang - PM-50-23 Matter of Jody Erin Schechter - PM-51-23 Matter of Michael Everett Tarvin - PM-52-23 Matter of Michael Zhang - PM-54-23 March 23, 2023 SUSPENSION [(22 NYCRR) §1240.9(a)] Matter of Paul Edward DeLorenzo - PM-70-23 Granted: Matter of Abigail Krauser Shrier - PM-55-23 Matter of Ann Desiree Thoeny - PM-56-23 Matter of Samantha Kathleen Massenzio, also known as Samantha Kathleen Boos - PM-57-23 Matter of Kyoko Tamura - PM-58-23 Matter of John Bradley Boericke - PM-59-23 Matter of Yuki Yamada - PM-60-23 Matter of Yang Wan - PM-61-23 Matter of Sue-Ellen Cassiana Fernandes, also known as Sue-Ellen Cassiana Braverman - PM-62-23 Matter of Rebecca Bernice Flatow, also known as Rebecca B. Zornick - PM-63-23 Matter of William Harold Quirk III - PM-64-23 Matter of Francois C. Chaptal de Chanteloup - PM-65-23 Matter of Diane Nhi Tran - PM-66-23

Matter of Raj Srivastsan - PM-67-23 Matter of Alfred Thomas Tallakson - PM-68-23 Matter of Charles Francis Clark - PM-69-23 Matter of Ruoran Li - PM-71-23 March 30, 2023 Granted: Matter of Cesar Fabian Zaurd - PM-72-23 Matter of Joo Yeon Leenoh - PM-73-23 Matter of Panja Kouris - PM-74-23 Matter of Anushka Sehmi - PM-75-23 Matter of Brian Peter Trelease - PM-76-23 Matter of Joseph Michael Bimonte - PM-77-23 Matter of Susanne Wanjiru Kihumba-Watts - PM-78-23 Matter of Martin William Korman - PM-79-23 April 6, 2023 Granted: Matter of Purnima Deviramlakhan - PM-80-23 April 13, 2023 Granted: Matter of Kevin W. Kramer - PM-81-23 Matter of Robert S. Steinbaum - PM-82-23

April 20, 2023 CENSURE [(22 NYCRR) §1240.8(b)] Matter of Jonathan Robert Avolio - PM-87-23 Granted: Matter of Hyewon Jin - PM-83-23 Matter of Chen-Hai Joseph Lee - PM-84-23 Matter of Harold Dubroff - PM-85-23 Matter of Shahram Tabibzadegan - PM-86-23 April 27, 2023 Granted: Matter of Christofer Claude - PM 88-23 Matter of Amy Elizabeth Kropke - PM-89-23 Matter of Tyler Brody - PM-90-23 Matter of Hasan Tuvan Yalim - PM-91-23 REINSTATEMENT [(22 NYCRR) §1240.16 and Granted: Matter of Timothy Devlin - PM-92-23

May 4, 2023 Granted: Matter of Eric Edward Rainey - PM-96-23 Matter of David Gene Lee - PM-97-23 Matter of Tomoko Shimomukai - PM-98-23 Matter of Harrold St. Juste - PM-99-23 Matter of Silke Ursula Johnstone - PM-100-23 Matter of Michael John Naughton - PM-101-23 Matter of Sai Prasad Rao - PM-102-23 Granted: Matter of Caroline Catherine Schneider, also known as Caroline Schneider Djamalov - PM-93-23 Matter of Erin Leigh Alexander - PM-94-23 Matter of Stephen Howes Oleskey - PM-95-23 May 11, 2023 Matter of Kimberly Anne Harp - PM-104-23 Granted: Matter of Gary Ray McColery - PM-103-23 Matter of Dorita Azizi - PM-105-23 Matter of Ethan Konrad Knowlden - PM-106-23

May 25, 2023 Granted: Matter of Diane Yvonne Smoyer - PM-107-23 June 1, 2023 Granted: Matter of Osekpor Asemota - PM-111-23 Matter of Yun Kyung Choi - PM-112-23 Matter of Anduena Dobroshi - PM-113-23 Matter of Steven Wayne Griegel - PM-114-23 Matter of Jung Sun Lee - PM-115-23 Matter of Douglas Robert Schwartz - PM-116-23 Denied: Matter of Hubert Christopher Raglan - PM-110-23 Granted: Matter of Jennifer Jan Caballero - PM-108-23 Matter of Juan Pablo Gardea - PM-109-23 June 8, 2023 Granted: Matter of Remi Bresson Auba - PM-118-23 Matter of Zhiyu Chen - PM-119-23

Matter of Laureen Ella Galeoto, also known as Laureen Ella Jaffe - PM-120-23 Matter of Sheila Vichele McCorkle - PM-121-23 Matter of Maria Veronica Yepez - PM-122-23 Granted: Matter of Rachel S. Janger - PM-123-23 June 15, 2023 RESIGNATION WHILE INVESTIGATION OR PROCEEDING IS PENDING DISBARMENT [(22 NYCRR) §1240.10] Matter of William Edward Shannon - PM-130-23 Granted: Matter of Hong Ye - PM-124-23 Matter of Albana Alla - PM-125-23 Matter of Phillip Charles Essig - PM-126-23 Matter of Makoto Sakai - PM-127-23 Matter of Elliott Aaron Smith - PM-128-23 Matter of Lisa Sabrina Merren, also known as Lisa M. Goldblatt - PM-129-23 June 22, 2023 Matter of Robert Morris Cohen - PM-131-23

June 29, 2023 Granted: Matter of Robert Bruce Cohen - PM-132-23 Matter of Michael Lee Fitzgerald - PM-133-23 Matter of Samuel Charles Rosten - PM-134-23 Matter of Sara Beth Safriet - PM-135-23 Matter of James Barrett Kelly, also known as Barrett Kelly - PM-136-23 July 6, 2023 Granted: Matter of Robert Dale Atkins - PM-137-23 Matter of Jeff Jinsoo Shim - PM-138-23 Matter of Gavin Fishman Alexander - PM-139-23 July 13, 2023 Matter of Nicholas R. Canizio - PM-151-23 Granted: Matter of Justin Charles Russell - PM-142-23 Matter of Ankim Mahesh Shah - PM-143-23 Matter of Vidhi Sharma - PM-144-23 Matter of Colin Ross McArthur - PM-145-23 Matter of Jun Sung Park - PM-146-23 Matter of Bei Lu - PM-147-23 Matter of Kathleen Hae Kyung Kraft - PM-148-23 Matter of Flavia Teixeira Fortes - PM-149-23

Matter of Bill Cogan - PM-150-23 Denied: Matter of Willem Lodewikus Pretorius - PM-140-23 Granted: Matter of Richard Lee Harrison - PM-141-23 July 20, 2023 CENSURE [(22 NYCRR) §1240.8(b)] Matter of Andrea L. Gamalski - PM-153-23 Granted: Matter of Shaonan Wang - PM-152-23 July 27, 2023 Granted: Matter of Amy Cara Catherine Brosnan - PM-154-23 Matter of Sungkyu Scott Lee - PM-155-23 Matter of James R. Grimes, III - PM-156-23 Matter of Jason Charles Reis - PM-157-23 Matter of Don Hart Bennett - PM-158-23

August 3, 2023 DISBARMENT [(22 NYCRR) §1240.9)(b)] Matter of Pery D. Krinsky - PM-164-23 Granted: Matter of Joseph William Torre - PM-159-23 Matter of Michael James Jury - PM-163-23 Granted: Matter of Christopher Jacob Wildermuth - PM-160-23 Matter of Dana Rachelle Moskowitz - PM-161-23 Matter of Daniel Jonathan Young - PM-162-23 August 10, 2023 Granted: Matter of Alexander Russell Shmulsky - PM-168-23 Matter of Marcial Lujan Bravo - PM-169-23 Granted: Matter of Sarah Elizabeth Erickson - PM-165-23 Matter of William J. Riina - PM-166-23 Matter of Stephen Irwin Weil - PM-167-23 Matter of Hillary Diana LeBeau - PM-170-23 Matter of Robert Craig Fisher - PM-171-23

August 17, 2023 DISBARMENT [(22 NYCRR) §1240.12] Matter Roy Karl Nestler - PM-176-23 MOTION FOR LEAVE TO REARGUE DENIED [CPLR 2221] Matter of Danielle R. Lange - PM-177-23 Denied: Matter of Sharon Angela Skyers-Jenkins - PM-175-23 Granted: Matter of Zoe Marie Argento - PM-172-23 Matter of Anita Elise Flax - PM-173-23 Matter of Philip Bruce Friedman - PM-174-23 Matter of Zachary Alfredson Cobb - PM-178-23 Matter of William Ray Lamboy - PM-179-23 August 24, 2023 Granted: Matter of Traci Anne Cipriano - PM-182-23 Matter of Alissa J. Goetz, PM-183-23 Matter of Courtenay Winchester Hall - PM-184-23

Matter of Thomas Christopher Giordano - PM-187-23 Matter of Christopher Martin Gottscho - PM-188-23 Matter of Robin-Hwajin Yoon Kim - PM-189-23 Matter of Timothy Jonathan Manion - PM-190-23 Matter of Son-U Paik, also known as Michael Paik - PM-191-23 Matter of Robert Scott Rewak - PM-192-23 Matter of Allison Ann Dundas - PM-193-23 Matter of Babak Rod Khadem - PM-194-23 REINSTATEMENT [(22 NYCRR) §1240.16] and Granted: Matter of Gary Meyer Rinck - PM-185-23 Granted: Matter of JohnPaul M. Callan - PM-180-23 Matter of Bruce E. Mantell - PM-181-23 Denied: Matter of Lauren Juliet Goldschmidt - PM-186-23 August 31, 2023 DISBARMENT [(22 NYCRR) §1240.8(b)] Matter of Albert Michael Braccini - PM-197-33

Granted: Matter of James John Maiwurm - PM-195-23 Matter of Linda Soohoo - PM-196-23 Matter of Tarek Julian Austin - PM-198-23 Matter of Cecilia Esther Cosca - PM-199-23 September 7, 2023 Granted: Matter of William Neville Specht - PM-200-23 Matter of Won Jun Cho - PM-201-23 Matter of Byoungjoo Lee - PM-202-23 Matter of Paul Wei-Han Ng - PM-203-23 Matter of Jonathan G. Orlinsky - PM-204-23 Matter of Aparna Krishnaswamy Patrie - PM-205-23 Matter of Hsin-Hsien Tseng - PM-206-23 Matter of Beverly Jeannette Watson - PM-207-23 September 14, 2023 SUSPENSION [(22 NYCRR) §1240.14(b)] Matter of Randel Aaron Scharf - PM-216-23 CENSURED [(22 NYCRR) §1240.8(a)(5)] Matter of Michael J. Toomey - PM-210.23

Granted: Matter of David Joel Medalia - PM-208-23 Matter of Edward Krichbaum - PM-209-23 Matter of Jonathan Myal Pope - PM-211-23 Matter of Daniel Alexander Nachman - PM-212-23 Matter of Jorge Llevat - PM-213-23 Matter of Aurora Maria Maskall - PM-214-23 Matter of Philip J. Fries Jr. - PM-215-23 September 21, 2023 Granted: Matter of Jonathan Andrew David - PM-217-23 Denied: Matter of David Denning Scaglione - PM-218-23 September 28, 2023 Granted: Matter of Rhonda Armstrong Tietjen - PM-219-23 Matter of Moriam Olaoluwatoyos Adio, also known as Moriam Olaoluwatoyos Fatoki - PM-220-23 Matter of Paul E. Austin - PM-222-23 Matter of Julie Ann Lasso - PM-224-23 Matter of Patricia Quigley - PM-225-23

Granted: Matter of Lindsey Nicole Anderson - PM-221-23 Matter of Shirley Dai - PM-223-23 Matter of Nancy Anne Walker - PM-226-23 October 5, 2023 SUSPENSION [(22 NYCRR) §1240.9(a)] In the Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law §468-a - PM-238-23 Granted: Matter of John Michael Hogan III - PM-227-23 Matter of Margub Kabir - PM-234-23 Matter of Youn Joon Han - PM-235-23 Matter of Nuria L. Haltiwanger - PM-236-23 Matter of Joseph Francis Cassidy - PM-237-23 Granted: Matter of Christie Ann Krol - PM-228-23 Matter of Joseph Andrew Marlar - PM-229-23 Matter of David Morris Tobin - PM-231-23 Matter of Catherine Baker Stetson - PM-232-23 Matter of Naima M. Said - PM-233-23

REINSTATEMENT [(22 NYCRR) §1240.16] and Granted: Matter of Benecia Betton Moore - PM-230-23 October 12, 2023 Matter of Dennis A. Durkin - PM-243-23 Granted: Matter of Guillaume Raphael Dupont - PM-239-23 Matter of Robert Haden Keyes - PM-240-23 Matter of Mark D. Madaio - PM-241-23 Matter of Annette Llewellyn - PM-242-23 October 26, 2023 Granted: Matter of Jeffrey Mark Chebot - PM-245-23 Matter of Louis Nikolaus Larsen - PM-246-23 Matter of Michael Raymond Thorp - PM-247-23 Matter of Harry Lee Laxton, Jr., - PM-248-23 November 2, 2023 DISBARMENT [(22 NYCRR) §1240.13] Matter of Jose Castillo Escano - PM-250-23

SUSPENSION [(22 NYCRR) §1240.8(b)] Matter of Jonathan Chase Dunsmoor - PM-249-23 MOTION TO VACATE DENIED AND CROSS-MOTION TO ENJOIN NEW MOTIONS GRANTED Matter of Erwin Rosenberg - PM-253-23 Granted: Matter of Edward Marc Sossner - PM-252-23 Matter of Christa Parker McAndrew - PM-254-23 Denied: Matter of Claire Kimberly Genot, also known as Claire Genot-de Prunele' - PM 251-23 Granted: Matter of Morris Yamner - PM-244-23 Matter of Richard P. Lubert - PM-255-23 November 9, 2023 Granted: Matter of Melvin Michael Wright Jr. - PM-257-23

Granted: Matter of Cynthia Hackett, also known as Cynthia Hackett Threet - PM-256-23 November 16, 2023 DISBARMENT [(22 NYCRR) §1240.09(b)] Matter of Michael Salvatore Fauci - PM-262-23 Granted: Matter of Brett Michael Lipman - PM-258-23 Matter of Luisa Maria Florez - PM-259-23 Matter of Yi Wang - PM-260-23 Matter of Meagan Elizabeth Hassan - PM-261-23 November 30, 2023 Granted: Matter of Kelly Baumer Bryan - PM-268-23 Matter of Yanping Lu - PM-269-23 Matter of Priscilla Jennifer Triolo - PM-270-23 Granted: Matter of Christopher Martin Gottscho - PM-263-23

Matter of Nadav Joseph Karasov - PM-264-23 Matter of Peter G. Rossi - PM-265-23 Matter of Elizabeth Yingying Song - PM-266-23 Matter of Jason Morton Harmon - PM-267-23 December 7, 2023 Granted: Matter of Alaba Diekolola Adio, also known as Alaba Diekolola Akinyele - PM-271-23 Matter of Karen Papadopoulos - PM-272-23 Matter of Yusun Park - PM-273-23 Matter of Kazuto Yamamoto - PM-274-23 Granted: Matter of Peter Houghton LeVan Jr. - PM-275-23 December 14, 2023 Denied: Matter of Ngozi Akunna Njoku - PM-276-23

December 21, 2023 Granted: Matter of Marti Beth Morris - PM-277-23 Matter of Sean Richard Delaney - PM-278-23 Matter of Sharon Whitney Rahman - PM-279-23 Matter of Dolores Reynolds Schiesel - PM-280-23 December 28, 2023 SUSPENSION [(22 NYCRR) §1240.12] Matter of Jerry Ray Hamling - PM-286-23 Matter of Marilyn Jenkins - PM-283-23 MOTION FOR LEAVE TO REARGUE DENIED [CPLR 2221(d)] Matter of Pery D. Krinsky - PM-284-23 Granted: Matter of Seung-Kook Synn - PM-285-23 Matter of Shona MacKinnon Crallan - PM-287-23

Granted: Matter of Andres Gil - PM-281-23 Matter of John David Avila - PM-282-23