Monthly report

Attorney discipline, September 2008

16 New York attorney discipline decisions in September 2008: 9 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 5 suspended, 1 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (9)

Manuel Campos-Galvan — Matter of Campos-Galvan, 2008 NY Slip Op 07177 · First Department · Disbarred
Carlos Javier Spinelli-Noseda — Matter of Spinelli-Noseda, 2008 NY Slip Op 07046 · First Department · Disbarred
Manuel S. Martinez — Matter of Martinez, 2008 NY Slip Op 07045 · First Department · Disbarred
Morgan Kennedy, Iii — Matter of Kennedy, 2008 NY Slip Op 06940 · First Department · Disbarred
Matter of Hancock — Matter of Hancock, 2008 NY Slip Op 06991 · Second Department · Disbarred
Matter of Payne — Matter of Payne, 2008 NY Slip Op 06781 · Third Department · Disbarred
Matter of Goli — Matter of Goli, 2008 NY Slip Op 06832 · Second Department · Disbarred
Bruce Eliot Lilling — Matter of Lilling, 2008 NY Slip Op 06712 · Second Department · Disbarred
Matter of Garson — Matter of Garson, 2008 NY Slip Op 06707 · Second Department · Disbarred

Suspended (4)

Matter of Scott — Matter of Scott, 2008 NY Slip Op 07059 · Third Department · Suspended for four years
Matter of Clarey — Matter of Clarey, 2008 NY Slip Op 07123 · Second Department · Suspended for one year
Matter of Shapiro — Matter of Shapiro, 2008 NY Slip Op 06999 · Second Department · Suspended for six months
Jason Adam Moroff — Matter of Moroff, 2008 NY Slip Op 06996 · Second Department · Suspended for six months

Interim suspension (1)

John Gregory Lynch — Matter of Lynch, 2008 NY Slip Op 06941 · First Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (1)

Matter of Gruen — Matter of Gruen, 2008 NY Slip Op 06834 · Second Department · Public censure

Other decisions (1)

Matter of Berkman — Matter of Berkman, 2008 NY Slip Op 06705 · Second Department · Relief denied / proceeding dismissed

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