Monthly report
Attorney discipline, August 2009
14 New York attorney discipline decisions in August 2009: 4 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 7 suspended, 2 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.
Disbarred or resigned under investigation (4)
- Claude Richard Simpson — Matter of Simpson, 2009 NY Slip Op 06334 · Second Department · Disbarred
- John Henry Schunke — Matter of Schunke, 2009 NY Slip Op 06333 · Second Department · Disbarred
- Robert Anthony MacEdonio — Matter of Macedonio, 2009 NY Slip Op 06328 · Second Department · Disbarred
- Matter of Fernandez — Matter of Fernandez, 2009 NY Slip Op 06324 · Second Department · Disbarred
Suspended (7)
- Matter of LaPenta — Matter of LaPenta, 2009 NY Slip Op 06327 · Second Department · Suspended for six months
- Matter of Klarer — Matter of Klarer, 2009 NY Slip Op 06326 · Second Department · Suspended for three years
- Bradley Adam Alperin — Matter of Alperin, 2009 NY Slip Op 06291 · First Department · Suspended
- Matter of Salica — Matter of Salica, 2009 NY Slip Op 06252 · Second Department · Suspended for two years
- Stafford Henderson Byers — Matter of Byers, 2009 NY Slip Op 06180 · Second Department · Suspended for one year
- Robert Israel Oziel — Matter of Oziel, 2009 NY Slip Op 06140 · Second Department · Suspended
- Jay Merrill Lipis — Matter of Lipis, 2009 NY Slip Op 06137 · Second Department · Suspended for two years
Public censure (2)
- Lawrence Ira Wechsler — Matter of Wechsler, 2009 NY Slip Op 06336 · Second Department · Public censure
- Matter of Mejia — Matter of Mejia, 2009 NY Slip Op 06263 · Third Department · Public censure
Other decisions (1)
- Matter of Feldman — Matter of Feldman, 2009 NY Slip Op 06108 · Third Department · Disciplinary matter — see decision
Source: NY Official Reports (Law Reporting Bureau); current as of October 2026.