Monthly report

Attorney discipline, April 2009

14 New York attorney discipline decisions in April 2009: 9 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 5 suspended, 0 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (9)

• Arthur Evan Swidler — Matter of Swidler, 2009 NY Slip Op 03459 · First Department · Disbarred
• Steven Marc Woghin — Matter of Woghin, 2009 NY Slip Op 03530 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Nitzberg — Matter of Nitzberg, 2009 NY Slip Op 03521 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Amir Rosenthal — Matter of Rosenthal, 2009 NY Slip Op 03405 · First Department · Disbarred
• Elizabeth Anne Trittipo — Matter of Trittipo, 2009 NY Slip Op 03354 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
• Alan Howard Young — Matter of Young, 2009 NY Slip Op 03186 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Steven Mitchell Leff — Matter of Leff, 2009 NY Slip Op 02736 · First Department · Disbarred
• Jane Yvonne Posner — Matter of Posner, 2009 NY Slip Op 02792 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Michael P. Rumore — Matter of Rumore, 2009 NY Slip Op 02548 · First Department · Disbarred

Suspended (2)

• Matter of Robbins — Matter of Robbins, 2009 NY Slip Op 02718 · Third Department · Suspended for nine months
• Eric David Wachtel — Matter of Wachtel, 2009 NY Slip Op 02796 · Second Department · Suspended for two years

Interim suspension (3)

• Marc Alan Bernstein — Matter of Bernstein, 2009 NY Slip Op 03106 · First Department · Interim suspension
• Matter of Hornbeck — Matter of Hornbeck, 2009 NY Slip Op 03089 · Third Department · Interim suspension
• David Gomez Ignacio, Jr. — Matter of Ignacio, 2009 NY Slip Op 02856 · First Department · Interim suspension

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