Monthly report
Attorney discipline, July 2012
16 New York attorney discipline decisions in July 2012: 5 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 6 suspended, 2 censured, 3 reinstated. With links to each decision.
Disbarred or resigned under investigation (5)
- Adam Charles Virant — Matter of Virant, 2012 NY Slip Op 05793 · First Department · Disbarred
- Matter of Millstone — Matter of Millstone, 2012 NY Slip Op 05709 · First Department · Disbarred
- Matter of Oton — Matter of Oton, 2012 NY Slip Op 05639 · Second Department · Disbarred
- Larinzo Deshawn Clayton — Matter of Clayton, 2012 NY Slip Op 05631 · Second Department · Disbarred
- Maritza Diaz — Matter of Diaz, 2012 NY Slip Op 05484 · First Department · Disbarred
Suspended (3)
- Joseph J. Mainiero — Matter of Mainiero, 2012 NY Slip Op 05602 · First Department · Suspended
- Martha Virginia Kim — Matter of Kim, 2012 NY Slip Op 05527 · Second Department · Suspended for two years
- Matter of Leonard — Matter of Leonard, 2012 NY Slip Op 05419 · Second Department · Suspended for six months
Interim suspension (3)
- Gideon Joseph Karlick — Matter of Karlick, 2012 NY Slip Op 05601 · First Department · Interim suspension
- Matter of Malone — Matter of Malone, 2012 NY Slip Op 05529 · Second Department · Interim suspension
- Kenneth Schneider — Matter of Schneider, 2012 NY Slip Op 05340 · First Department · Interim suspension
Public censure (2)
- Matter of Bloom — Matter of Bloom, 2012 NY Slip Op 05739 · Second Department · Public censure
- Vlad A. Kuzmin — Matter of Kuzmin, 2012 NY Slip Op 05708 · First Department · Public censure
Reinstated (3)
- Geoffrey Thomas Mott — Matter of Mott, 2012 NY Slip Op 05531 · Second Department · Reinstated
- Elyse Hope Diller — Matter of Diller, 2012 NY Slip Op 05525 · Second Department · Reinstated
- Matter of Brown — Matter of Brown, 2012 NY Slip Op 05521 · Second Department · Reinstated
Source: NY Official Reports (Law Reporting Bureau); current as of October 2026.