Monthly report

Attorney discipline, June 2014

14 New York attorney discipline decisions in June 2014: 8 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 2 suspended, 3 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (8)

• Philip H. Teplen — Matter of Teplen, 2014 NY Slip Op 04721 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Van Benschoten — Matter of Van Benschoten, 2014 NY Slip Op 04558 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Mark Ralph Colodne — Matter of Colodne, 2014 NY Slip Op 04453 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Henry — Matter of Henry, 2014 NY Slip Op 04395 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
• Matter of Dickinson — Matter of Dickinson, 2014 NY Slip Op 04394 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
• Matter of Widenor — Matter of Widenor, 2014 NY Slip Op 04393 · Fourth Department · Disbarred
• Eugene Chidiebere Anyikwa — Matter of Anyikwa, 2014 NY Slip Op 04046 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Plotner — Matter of Plotner, 2014 NY Slip Op 04013 · Second Department · Disbarred

Suspended (1)

• Theresa Racht — Matter of Racht, 2014 NY Slip Op 04586 · First Department · Suspended for six months

Interim suspension (1)

• Gwen Elizabeth Snorteland — Matter of Snorteland, 2014 NY Slip Op 04077 · First Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (3)

• John Basil Stella — Matter of Stella, 2014 NY Slip Op 04774 · Second Department · Public censure
• Theodore Anthony Vialet — Matter of Vialet, 2014 NY Slip Op 03963 · First Department · Public censure
• Terry J. Finkelstein — Matter of Finkelstein, 2014 NY Slip Op 03962 · First Department · Public censure

Other decisions (1)

• Matter of Cignarale — Matter of Cignarale, 2014 NY Slip Op 04391 · Fourth Department · Disciplinary matter — see decision

All months

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