Monthly report

Attorney discipline, February 2008

17 New York attorney discipline decisions in February 2008: 10 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 6 suspended, 0 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (10)

• Louise Mitchelle Brown — Matter of Brown, 2008 NY Slip Op 01646 · First Department · Disbarred
• Valerie M. Velella — Matter of Velella, 2008 NY Slip Op 01609 · First Department · Disbarred
• James Patrick Colliton — Matter of Colliton, 2008 NY Slip Op 01091 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Mitchell — Matter of Mitchell, 2008 NY Slip Op 00949 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
• Matter of Vaeth — Matter of Vaeth, 2008 NY Slip Op 00948 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
• Matter of Yox — Matter of Yox, 2008 NY Slip Op 00947 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
• Matter of Crooks — Matter of Crooks, 2008 NY Slip Op 00946 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
• Matter of Abeln — Matter of Abeln, 2008 NY Slip Op 00945 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
• Matter of Puccia — Matter of Puccia, 2008 NY Slip Op 00944 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
• Leonor Gerona Romeo — Matter of Romeo, 2008 NY Slip Op 00943 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)

Suspended (5)

• William Jarblum — Matter of Jarblum, 2008 NY Slip Op 01832 · First Department · Suspended
• Zelda E. Stewart — Matter of Stewart, 2008 NY Slip Op 01026 · First Department · Suspended
• Matter of Eades — Matter of Eades, 2008 NY Slip Op 00942 · Fourth Department · Suspended
• Matter of Williams — Matter of Williams, 2008 NY Slip Op 00941 · Fourth Department · Suspended — registration non-compliance
• Matter of Goldstein — Matter of Goldstein, 2008 NY Slip Op 00940 · Fourth Department · Suspended

Interim suspension (1)

• Howard L. Blau — Matter of Blau, 2008 NY Slip Op 01089 · First Department · Interim suspension

Other decisions (1)

• Daryll Boyd Jones — Matter of Jones, 2008 NY Slip Op 00959 · Second Department · Disciplinary matter — see decision

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