Monthly report
Attorney discipline, March 2009
16 New York attorney discipline decisions in March 2009: 6 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 6 suspended, 3 censured, 1 reinstated. With links to each decision.
Disbarred or resigned under investigation (6)
- Matter of Harper Devereaux — Matter of Harper Devereaux, 2009 NY Slip Op 02479 · First Department · Disbarred
- Matter of Adams — Matter of Adams, 2009 NY Slip Op 02199 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
- Thomas Patrick Burke — Matter of Burke, 2009 NY Slip Op 01931 · First Department · Disbarred
- Joseph Gerard O'Shea — Matter of O'Shea, 2009 NY Slip Op 01881 · First Department · Disbarred
- Matter of Haddad — Matter of Haddad, 2009 NY Slip Op 01800 · Second Department · Disbarred
- Martin Neil Kroll — Matter of Kroll, 2009 NY Slip Op 01650 · Second Department · Disbarred
Suspended (4)
- Matter of Wasserman — Matter of Wasserman, 2009 NY Slip Op 02616 · Second Department · Suspended for one year
- Matter of Martin — Matter of Martin, 2009 NY Slip Op 02604 · Second Department · Suspended for one year
- Matter of Mitchell — Matter of Mitchell, 2009 NY Slip Op 02286 · Third Department · Suspended for two years
- Matter of Leichtner — Matter of Leichtner, 2009 NY Slip Op 02201 · Fourth Department · Suspended
Interim suspension (2)
- Robert Joseph Barsch — Matter of Barsch, 2009 NY Slip Op 02305 · First Department · Interim suspension
- Joel Alan Silberman — Matter of Silberman, 2009 NY Slip Op 01728 · First Department · Interim suspension
Public censure (3)
- Matter of Orth — Matter of Orth, 2009 NY Slip Op 02610 · Second Department · Public censure
- James Judson Jackson — Matter of Jackson, 2009 NY Slip Op 02258 · First Department · Public censure
- Gerald A. Eppner — Matter of Eppner, 2009 NY Slip Op 01544 · First Department · Public censure
Reinstated (1)
- Matter of Abato — Matter of Abato, 2009 NY Slip Op 01797 · Second Department · Reinstated
Source: NY Official Reports (Law Reporting Bureau); current as of October 2026.