Monthly report

Attorney discipline, November 2015

22 New York attorney discipline decisions in November 2015: 9 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 11 suspended, 2 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (9)

• Ross Martin Abelow — Matter of Abelow, 2015 NY Slip Op 08638 · First Department · Disbarred
• Jeff Hixson Galloway — Matter of Galloway, 2015 NY Slip Op 08518 · First Department · Disbarred
• Dwane Kent Smith — Matter of Smith, 2015 NY Slip Op 08366 · First Department · Disbarred
• Michael D. Leopold — Matter of Leopold, 2015 NY Slip Op 08365 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Feindt — Matter of Feindt, 2015 NY Slip Op 08329 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
• Matter of Fisch — Matter of Fisch, 2015 NY Slip Op 08163 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Soon-Mee Suh — Matter of Soon-Mee Suh, 2015 NY Slip Op 07982 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Craig Austen Hecht — Matter of Hecht, 2015 NY Slip Op 07976 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Valdas Casimer Duoba — Matter of Duoba, 2015 NY Slip Op 07972 · Second Department · Disbarred

Suspended (8)

• Matter of Schneider — Matter of Schneider, 2015 NY Slip Op 08695 · Third Department · Suspended for two years
• Rachel H. Nash — Matter of Nash, 2015 NY Slip Op 08520 · First Department · Suspended
• Matter of Neroni — Matter of Neroni, 2015 NY Slip Op 08327 · Fourth Department · Suspended
• Matter of McCarthy — Matter of McCarthy, 2015 NY Slip Op 08326 · Fourth Department · Suspended
• Matter of Dolgoff — Matter of Dolgoff, 2015 NY Slip Op 08323 · Fourth Department · Suspended for one year
• Matter of Rissew — Matter of Rissew, 2015 NY Slip Op 08322 · Fourth Department · Suspended
• Matter of Jean-Jerome — Matter of Jean-Jerome, 2015 NY Slip Op 08166 · Second Department · Suspended for two years
• Matter of Smith — Matter of Smith, 2015 NY Slip Op 08043 · Third Department · Suspended

Interim suspension (3)

• Daniel H. Kornblatt — Matter of Kornblatt, 2015 NY Slip Op 08519 · First Department · Interim suspension
• Michal Durove — Matter of Durove, 2015 NY Slip Op 08517 · First Department · Interim suspension
• John David Horenstein — Matter of Horenstein, 2015 NY Slip Op 08364 · First Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (2)

• John Louis Weichsel — Matter of Weichsel, 2015 NY Slip Op 08521 · First Department · Public censure
• Matter of Young Min Kim — Matter of Young Min Kim, 2015 NY Slip Op 08425 · Second Department · Public censure

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