Monthly report

Attorney discipline, September 2013

19 New York attorney discipline decisions in September 2013: 9 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 7 suspended, 3 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (9)

• Benjamin Nathan Hatfield — Matter of Hatfield, 2013 NY Slip Op 06230 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
• Matter of Downey — Matter of Downey, 2013 NY Slip Op 06229 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
• Yves-Merry Telemaque — Matter of Telemaque, 2013 NY Slip Op 06096 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Burstein — Matter of Burstein, 2013 NY Slip Op 05999 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Desmond Joseph Connell — Matter of Connell, 2013 NY Slip Op 05976 · First Department · Disbarred
• Michael Stewart Lazarowitz — Matter of Lazarowitz, 2013 NY Slip Op 05907 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Bret Jay Davis — Matter of Davis, 2013 NY Slip Op 05898 · Second Department · Disbarred
• John Chia-Chang Lin — Matter of Lin, 2013 NY Slip Op 05783 · First Department · Disbarred
• Andrew Mitchell Jacobs — Matter of Jacobs, 2013 NY Slip Op 05769 · First Department · Disbarred

Suspended (6)

• Matter of Hunter — Matter of Hunter, 2013 NY Slip Op 06227 · Fourth Department · Suspended
• Matter of Agola — Matter of Agola, 2013 NY Slip Op 06226 · Fourth Department · Suspended
• John Bora Todorovich — Matter of Todorovich, 2013 NY Slip Op 06097 · First Department · Suspended
• Katherine Zachary Pope — Matter of Pope, 2013 NY Slip Op 05910 · Second Department · Suspended for two years
• Jorge Sorote — Matter of Sorote, 2013 NY Slip Op 05860 · First Department · Suspended for three months
• Scott B. Gilly — Matter of Gilly, 2013 NY Slip Op 05782 · First Department · Suspended

Interim suspension (1)

• Jason V. Obten — Matter of Obten, 2013 NY Slip Op 05859 · First Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (3)

• Thomas Francis Robert Liotti — Matter of Liotti, 2013 NY Slip Op 06095 · First Department · Public censure
• Matter of McGrane — Matter of McGrane, 2013 NY Slip Op 06005 · Second Department · Public censure
• Jeffrey Charles Daniels — Matter of Daniels, 2013 NY Slip Op 06002 · Second Department · Public censure

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