Monthly report

Attorney discipline, July 2014

17 New York attorney discipline decisions in July 2014: 9 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 6 suspended, 1 censured, 1 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (9)

• Matter of Sanderson — Matter of Sanderson, 2014 NY Slip Op 05602 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Calisi — Matter of Calisi, 2014 NY Slip Op 05601 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Hugh Robert Wotherspoon — Matter of Wotherspoon, 2014 NY Slip Op 05549 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Shigetaka Ogihara — Matter of Ogihara, 2014 NY Slip Op 05498 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of DeFilippo — Matter of DeFilippo, 2014 NY Slip Op 05430 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Jason S. Ciccone — Matter of Ciccone, 2014 NY Slip Op 05247 · First Department · Disbarred
• Ingrid Lynn Seaborn — Matter of Seaborn, 2014 NY Slip Op 05056 · First Department · Disbarred
• Jason V. Obten — Matter of Obten, 2014 NY Slip Op 05055 · First Department · Disbarred
• Edward Alan Savran — Matter of Savran, 2014 NY Slip Op 04944 · Second Department · Disbarred

Suspended (4)

• Rose-Ellen Schwartz — Matter of Schwartz, 2014 NY Slip Op 05610 · First Department · Suspended indefinitely
• Olukayode Lawrence Babalola — Matter of Babalola, 2014 NY Slip Op 05608 · First Department · Suspended
• John Edwards Tiffany — Matter of Tiffany, 2014 NY Slip Op 05195 · Second Department · Suspended for six months
• Matter of Kellogg — Matter of Kellogg, 2014 NY Slip Op 05119 · Fourth Department · Suspended

Interim suspension (2)

• Howard Bruce Hornstein — Matter of Hornstein, 2014 NY Slip Op 05370 · First Department · Interim suspension
• Mia Dionne Falls — Matter of Mia D. Falls, 2014 NY Slip Op 05248 · First Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (1)

• Matter of Terc — Matter of Terc, 2014 NY Slip Op 04948 · Second Department · Public censure

Reinstated (1)

• Jamie K Cohen Scher — Matter of Scher, 2014 NY Slip Op 05193 · Second Department · Reinstated

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