Monthly report

Attorney discipline, August 2014

22 New York attorney discipline decisions in August 2014: 10 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 7 suspended, 3 censured, 1 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (10)

• Jacqueline Susannah Linder — Matter of Linder, 2014 NY Slip Op 06014 · First Department · Disbarred
• Benjamin Jacob Turner — Matter of Turner, 2014 NY Slip Op 05992 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Joel Lawrence Getreu — Matter of Getreu, 2014 NY Slip Op 05819 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Yatkowsky — Matter of Yatkowsky, 2014 NY Slip Op 05796 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Tarshis — Matter of Tarshis, 2014 NY Slip Op 05794 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Savino — Matter of Savino, 2014 NY Slip Op 05793 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Carle — Matter of Carle, 2014 NY Slip Op 05756 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
• Matter of Spence — Matter of Spence, 2014 NY Slip Op 05755 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
• L Peter Farkas — Matter of Farkas, 2014 NY Slip Op 05754 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
• Matter of Osborn — Matter of Osborn, 2014 NY Slip Op 05753 · Fourth Department · Disbarred

Suspended (7)

• Steven Everett Savage — Matter of Savage, 2014 NY Slip Op 05990 · Second Department · Suspended
• Joseph George Colbert — Matter of Colbert, 2014 NY Slip Op 05980 · Second Department · Suspended for two years
• Matter of Arzadi — Matter of Arzadi, 2014 NY Slip Op 05977 · Second Department · Suspended for six months
• Arthur Jay Teichberg — Matter of Teichberg, 2014 NY Slip Op 05927 · First Department · Suspended for two years
• William Raymond Hamel — Matter of Hamel, 2014 NY Slip Op 05820 · First Department · Suspended for four months
• Matter of Bybel — Matter of Bybel, 2014 NY Slip Op 05752 · Fourth Department · Suspended
• Matter of Session — Matter of Session, 2014 NY Slip Op 05751 · Fourth Department · Suspended

Public censure (3)

• James William Miskowski — Matter of Miskowski, 2014 NY Slip Op 05881 · Second Department · Public censure
• Matter of Feeney — Matter of Feeney, 2014 NY Slip Op 05787 · Second Department · Public censure
• Joseph Rokacz — Matter of Rokacz, 2014 NY Slip Op 05703 · First Department · Public censure

Reinstated (1)

• Matter of McCormick — Matter of McCormick, 2014 NY Slip Op 05986 · Second Department · Reinstated

Other decisions (1)

• Raghubir K. Gupta — Matter of Gupta, 2014 NY Slip Op 05984 · Second Department · Disciplinary matter — see decision

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