Monthly report

Attorney discipline, August 2010

19 New York attorney discipline decisions in August 2010: 6 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 9 suspended, 3 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (6)

• Matter of Breen — Matter of Breen, 2010 NY Slip Op 06445 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Shea — Matter of Shea, 2010 NY Slip Op 06318 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Janice Lorraine Jessup — Matter of Jessup, 2010 NY Slip Op 06312 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Robert Reinhard Groezinger — Matter of Groezinger, 2010 NY Slip Op 06310 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Frederick — Matter of Frederick, 2010 NY Slip Op 06309 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Linda Marie Dieterich — Matter of Dieterich, 2010 NY Slip Op 06307 · Second Department · Disbarred

Suspended (9)

• Regina Marie Waytowich — Matter of Waytowich, 2010 NY Slip Op 06490 · Second Department · Suspended for six months
• Matter of Abrams — Matter of Abrams, 2010 NY Slip Op 06485 · Second Department · Suspended for two years
• Kenneth P. Sirkin — Matter of Sirkin, 2010 NY Slip Op 06472 · First Department · Suspended for three months
• Robert Anthony Walters — Matter of Walters, 2010 NY Slip Op 06403 · First Department · Suspended
• Paul Stuart Block — Matter of Block, 2010 NY Slip Op 06400 · First Department · Suspended for one year
• Matter of Friedman — Matter of Friedman, 2010 NY Slip Op 06390 · Third Department · Suspended for three years
• Samuel Militello — Matter of Militello, 2010 NY Slip Op 06402 · First Department · Suspended
• Matter of Iromuanya — Matter of Iromuanya, 2010 NY Slip Op 06346 · Third Department · Suspended for six months
• Matter of Weiss — Matter of Weiss, 2010 NY Slip Op 06319 · Second Department · Suspended for two years

Public censure (3)

• Victor Lawrence Kwesi Essien — Matter of Essien, 2010 NY Slip Op 06512 · First Department · Public censure
• William Bennett Caits — Matter of Caits, 2010 NY Slip Op 06511 · First Department · Public censure
• Matter of Gross — Matter of Gross, 2010 NY Slip Op 06311 · Second Department · Public censure

Other decisions (1)

• Franklin Wayne Topal — Matter of Topal, 2010 NY Slip Op 06473 · First Department · Private discipline referenced

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