Monthly report

Attorney discipline, July 2013

25 New York attorney discipline decisions in July 2013: 13 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 6 suspended, 5 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (13)

• Matter of Todaro — Matter of Todaro, 2013 NY Slip Op 05533 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Peter William Shafran — Matter of Shafran, 2013 NY Slip Op 05531 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Scott Richard Forcino — Matter of Forcino, 2013 NY Slip Op 05525 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Morris — Matter of Morris, 2013 NY Slip Op 05462 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of St. Hill Dodson — Matter of St. Hill Dodson, 2013 NY Slip Op 05450 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Tabber B. Benedict — Matter of Benedict, 2013 NY Slip Op 05433 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Tunney — Matter of Tunney, 2013 NY Slip Op 05323 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Rabinowitz — Matter of Rabinowitz, 2013 NY Slip Op 05321 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Jacqueline Kate Hollander — Matter of Hollander, 2013 NY Slip Op 05294 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Schildiner — Matter of Schildiner, 2013 NY Slip Op 05288 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Lease — Matter of Lease, 2013 NY Slip Op 05215 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Banta — Matter of Banta, 2013 NY Slip Op 05205 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Howard Seth Gaines — Matter of Gaines, 2013 NY Slip Op 05067 · Second Department · Disbarred

Suspended (5)

• Matter of Dahl — Matter of Dahl, 2013 NY Slip Op 05500 · Third Department · Suspended for six months
• Matter of Ajah — Matter of Ajah, 2013 NY Slip Op 05444 · Second Department · Suspended for five years
• Matter of Mitchell S. Drucker — Matter of Mitchell S. Drucker, 2013 NY Slip Op 05314 · Second Department · Suspended for three years
• Ralph Eugene Ciervo — Matter of Ciervo, 2013 NY Slip Op 05312 · Second Department · Suspended for one year
• Patrice Merritt Davis — Matter of Davis, 2013 NY Slip Op 05008 · First Department · Suspended for one year

Interim suspension (1)

• Theodore Levy Freedman — Matter of Freedman, 2013 NY Slip Op 05182 · First Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (5)

• Matter of Weber — Matter of Weber, 2013 NY Slip Op 05535 · Second Department · Public censure
• Matter of Spivak — Matter of Spivak, 2013 NY Slip Op 05464 · Second Department · Public censure
• Fengling Liu — Matter of Fengling Liu, 2013 NY Slip Op 05295 · First Department · Public censure
• Randi Kern Franco — Matter of Franco, 2013 NY Slip Op 05208 · Second Department · Public censure
• Bruce Eric Baldinger — Matter of Baldinger, 2013 NY Slip Op 05007 · First Department · Public censure

Other decisions (1)

• Matter of Owen — Matter of Owen, 2013 NY Slip Op 05218 · Second Department · Disciplinary matter — see decision

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