Monthly report

Attorney discipline, October 2009

25 New York attorney discipline decisions in October 2009: 10 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 7 suspended, 4 censured, 4 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (10)

• Allen Barry Witz — Matter of Witz, 2009 NY Slip Op 07773 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of MacAdam — Matter of MacAdam, 2009 NY Slip Op 07738 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Howard L. Blau — Matter of Blau, 2009 NY Slip Op 07690 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Power — Matter of Power, 2009 NY Slip Op 07565 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Marc Stuart Dreier — Matter of Dreier, 2009 NY Slip Op 07209 · First Department · Disbarred
• Lois Varisco Kelly — Matter of Kelly, 2009 NY Slip Op 07090 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
• Matter of Bond — Matter of Bond, 2009 NY Slip Op 07089 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
• Walter Raymond Carfora — Matter of Carfora, 2009 NY Slip Op 07087 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
• Matter of Lifshitz — Matter of Lifshitz, 2009 NY Slip Op 06790 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Tzeuton — Matter of Tzeuton, 2009 NY Slip Op 06763 · Third Department · Disbarred

Suspended (5)

• Matter of Winsor — Matter of Winsor, 2009 NY Slip Op 07737 · Third Department · Suspended for two years
• Matter of Hollands — Matter of Hollands, 2009 NY Slip Op 07564 · Third Department · Suspended
• Matter of Channing — Matter of Channing, 2009 NY Slip Op 07189 · Third Department · Suspended for six months
• David Christopher Plache — Matter of Plache, 2009 NY Slip Op 07081 · Fourth Department · Suspended
• Matter of Kernan — Matter of Kernan, 2009 NY Slip Op 07079 · Fourth Department · Suspended

Interim suspension (2)

• Neil Stewart Kramer — Matter of Kramer, 2009 NY Slip Op 07362 · First Department · Interim suspension
• Peter H. Jacoby — Matter of Jacoby, 2009 NY Slip Op 07166 · First Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (4)

• Christopher L. Musmanno — Matter of Musmanno, 2009 NY Slip Op 07282 · First Department · Public censure
• Matter of Banac — Matter of Banac, 2009 NY Slip Op 07084 · Fourth Department · Public censure
• Matter of Anderson — Matter of Anderson, 2009 NY Slip Op 07083 · Fourth Department · Public censure
• Matter of Flynn — Matter of Flynn, 2009 NY Slip Op 07082 · Fourth Department · Public censure

Reinstated (4)

• Timothy Sheldon McCulley — Matter of McCulley, 2009 NY Slip Op 07639 · Second Department · Reinstated
• Matter of Schuster — Matter of Schuster, 2009 NY Slip Op 07422 · Second Department · Reinstated
• Matter of Rosenberg — Matter of Rosenberg, 2009 NY Slip Op 07419 · Second Department · Reinstated
• Matter of Fisher — Matter of Fisher, 2009 NY Slip Op 07411 · Second Department · Reinstated

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