Monthly report

Attorney discipline, December 2008

31 New York attorney discipline decisions in December 2008: 13 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 13 suspended, 1 censured, 2 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (13)

• Matter of Adams — Matter of Adams, 2008 NY Slip Op 10454 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
• Matter of Nazarian — Matter of Nazarian, 2008 NY Slip Op 10453 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
• Matter of Duffy — Matter of Duffy, 2008 NY Slip Op 10452 · Fourth Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Bailey — Matter of Bailey, 2008 NY Slip Op 10451 · Fourth Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Baratta — Matter of Baratta, 2008 NY Slip Op 10616 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Feit — Matter of Feit, 2008 NY Slip Op 10161 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Melvyn Irwin Weiss — Matter of Weiss, 2008 NY Slip Op 09935 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Margolin — Matter of Margolin, 2008 NY Slip Op 09892 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Labahn — Matter of Labahn, 2008 NY Slip Op 09891 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Laurence Steven Jurman — Matter of Jurman, 2008 NY Slip Op 10000 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Gross — Matter of Gross, 2008 NY Slip Op 09994 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Edward Davis Fagan — Matter of Fagan, 2008 NY Slip Op 09734 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Feinberg — Matter of Feinberg, 2008 NY Slip Op 09536 · Third Department · Disbarred

Suspended (10)

• Matter of O'Connell — Matter of O'Connell, 2008 NY Slip Op 10450 · Fourth Department · Suspended — registration non-compliance
• Matter of Ryan — Matter of Ryan, 2008 NY Slip Op 10448 · Fourth Department · Suspended
• Matter of Goldstein — Matter of Goldstein, 2008 NY Slip Op 10622 · Second Department · Suspended for five years
• Mark W. Scher — Matter of Scher, 2008 NY Slip Op 10231 · First Department · Suspended indefinitely
• Steven Jon Lever — Matter of Lever, 2008 NY Slip Op 10230 · First Department · Suspended indefinitely
• Matter of Mizner — Matter of Mizner, 2008 NY Slip Op 10104 · Third Department · Suspended for five years
• Matter of Witlin — Matter of Witlin, 2008 NY Slip Op 09889 · Third Department · Suspended indefinitely
• Matter of Aretakis — Matter of Aretakis, 2008 NY Slip Op 09693 · Third Department · Suspended for one year
• Matter of Rosenthal — Matter of Rosenthal, 2008 NY Slip Op 09535 · Third Department · Suspended for two years
• Matter of Matey — Matter of Matey, 2008 NY Slip Op 09534 · Third Department · Suspended for three months

Interim suspension (3)

• Marc Stuart Dreier — Matter of Dreier, 2008 NY Slip Op 10062 · First Department · Interim suspension
• Matter of Ugwuonye — Matter of Ugwuonye, 2008 NY Slip Op 09890 · Third Department · Interim suspension
• Jeffrey D. Fletcher — Matter of Fletcher, 2008 NY Slip Op 09859 · First Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (1)

• Matter of Neidhardt — Matter of Neidhardt, 2008 NY Slip Op 10166 · Second Department · Public censure

Reinstated (2)

• Daivery Gerard Taylor — Matter of Taylor, 2008 NY Slip Op 10009 · Second Department · Reinstated
• John C. Lopes — Matter of Lopes, 2008 NY Slip Op 10002 · Second Department · Reinstated

Other decisions (2)

• Cheryl Parsons Reul — Matter of Reul, 2008 NY Slip Op 09539 · Third Department · Relief denied / proceeding dismissed
• Matter of Chepiga — Matter of Chepiga, 2008 NY Slip Op 09537 · Third Department · Relief denied / proceeding dismissed

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