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Attorney discipline, December 2014

20 New York attorney discipline decisions in December 2014: 11 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 6 suspended, 3 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (11)

• Matter of Tifford — Matter of Tifford, 2014 NY Slip Op 09142 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Donald Bertram Rosenberg — Matter of Rosenberg, 2014 NY Slip Op 09165 · First Department · Disbarred
• Ephraim Zwi Frenkel — Matter of Frenkel, 2014 NY Slip Op 08842 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Cassandra Natasha Cean — Matter of Cean, 2014 NY Slip Op 08840 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Robert John Cassandro — Matter of Cassandro, 2014 NY Slip Op 08838 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Robert Alan Schachter — Matter of Schachter, 2014 NY Slip Op 08786 · First Department · Disbarred
• Sean Michael Malatesta — Matter of Malatesta, 2014 NY Slip Op 08758 · First Department · Disbarred
• Kenneth Mitchell Giles — Matter of Giles, 2014 NY Slip Op 08512 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of De Sear — Matter of De Sear, 2014 NY Slip Op 08511 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Sprague — Matter of Sprague, 2014 NY Slip Op 08444 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Jacobs — Matter of Jacobs, 2014 NY Slip Op 08437 · Second Department · Disbarred

Suspended (6)

• Matter of Levinson — Matter of Levinson, 2014 NY Slip Op 09133 · Second Department · Suspended for six months
• Matter of Courtney — Matter of Courtney, 2014 NY Slip Op 09087 · Third Department · Suspended for two years
• V Anthony Maggipinto — Matter of Maggipinto, 2014 NY Slip Op 08646 · Second Department · Suspended for five years
• David Segal — Matter of Segal, 2014 NY Slip Op 08591 · First Department · Suspended for one year
• Matter of Van Siclen — Matter of Van Siclen, 2014 NY Slip Op 08552 · Third Department · Suspended for two years
• Nicholas Khoudary — Matter of Khoudary, 2014 NY Slip Op 08385 · First Department · Suspended for two years

Public censure (3)

• Matter of Cook — Matter of Cook, 2014 NY Slip Op 09129 · Second Department · Public censure
• Matter of Burns — Matter of Burns, 2014 NY Slip Op 08715 · Third Department · Public censure
• Jude Roberto Cardenas — Matter of Cardenas, 2014 NY Slip Op 08384 · First Department · Public censure

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