Monthly report

Attorney discipline, September 2009

15 New York attorney discipline decisions in September 2009: 7 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 7 suspended, 1 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (7)

• Matter of Hathaway — Matter of Hathaway, 2009 NY Slip Op 06845 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Mark Edward Crutchfield — Matter of Crutchfield, 2009 NY Slip Op 06839 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of DeFilippo — Matter of DeFilippo, 2009 NY Slip Op 06687 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Bernard Meiterman — Matter of Meiterman, 2009 NY Slip Op 06467 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Rondos — Matter of Rondos, 2009 NY Slip Op 06438 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Petrone — Matter of Petrone, 2009 NY Slip Op 06436 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Ngoyi Paul Ngoyi — Matter of Ngoyi, 2009 NY Slip Op 06378 · Third Department · Disbarred

Suspended (6)

• James Joseph Quail — Matter of Quail, 2009 NY Slip Op 06851 · Second Department · Suspended for five years
• Fawn Daveen Balliro — Matter of Balliro, 2009 NY Slip Op 06685 · Second Department · Suspended for six months
• Matter of Abbott — Matter of Abbott, 2009 NY Slip Op 06493 · Third Department · Suspended for 30 months
• Matter of Mason-Kinsey — Matter of Mason-Kinsey, 2009 NY Slip Op 06552 · Second Department · Suspended for three years
• John Joseph Budnick — Matter of Budnick, 2009 NY Slip Op 06544 · Second Department · Suspended for two years
• Matter of Bergrin — Matter of Bergrin, 2009 NY Slip Op 06392 · Third Department · Suspended

Interim suspension (1)

• Blonde Grayson Hall — Matter of Hall, 2009 NY Slip Op 06431 · Second Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (1)

• Yvette Allison Bentham — Matter of Bentham, 2009 NY Slip Op 06542 · Second Department · Public censure

All months

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