Monthly report

Attorney discipline, October 2006

18 New York attorney discipline decisions in October 2006: 7 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 10 suspended, 1 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (7)

• Matter of Sinnott — Matter of Sinnott, 2006 NY Slip Op 07892 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Perna — Matter of Perna, 2006 NY Slip Op 07889 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Onuaguluchi — Matter of Onuaguluchi, 2006 NY Slip Op 07739 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Michael Lloyd Steindam — Matter of Steindam, 2006 NY Slip Op 07597 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Rubin — Matter of Rubin, 2006 NY Slip Op 07359 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Fazio — Matter of Fazio, 2006 NY Slip Op 07351 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Douglas Terry Simons — Matter of Simons, 2006 NY Slip Op 07228 · First Department · Disbarred

Suspended (7)

• Matter of DeSousa — Matter of DeSousa, 2006 NY Slip Op 07876 · Second Department · Suspended for five years
• John Edward Fasciana — Matter of Fasciana, 2006 NY Slip Op 07596 · First Department · Suspended
• Matter of Marra — Matter of Marra, 2006 NY Slip Op 07558 · Third Department · Suspended for three years
• Matter of Herzog — Matter of Herzog, 2006 NY Slip Op 07557 · Third Department · Suspended for two years
• Matter of Kahn — Matter of Kahn, 2006 NY Slip Op 07267 · Third Department · Suspended
• Francis Nii Annan Sowah — Matter of Sowah, 2006 NY Slip Op 07229 · First Department · Suspended — registration non-compliance
• Matter of Gokhale — Matter of Gokhale, 2006 NY Slip Op 07192 · Third Department · Suspended for one year

Interim suspension (3)

• Linda Joan Stanch — Matter of Stanch, 2006 NY Slip Op 07431 · First Department · Interim suspension
• Lawrence Bruce Newman — Matter of Newman, 2006 NY Slip Op 07266 · First Department · Interim suspension
• Thomas A. Stickel — Matter of Stickel, 2006 NY Slip Op 07230 · First Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (1)

• Sheldon Ethan Green — Matter of Green, 2006 NY Slip Op 07879 · Second Department · Public censure

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Source: NY Official Reports (Law Reporting Bureau); current as of October 2026.