Monthly report

Attorney discipline, January 2016

14 New York attorney discipline decisions in January 2016: 5 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 7 suspended, 2 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (5)

• Adam Spencer Gottbetter — Matter of Gottbetter, 2016 NY Slip Op 00615 · First Department · Disbarred
• Michael Seth Feuer — Matter of Feuer, 2016 NY Slip Op 00614 · First Department · Disbarred
• Paul David Digiacomo — Matter of DiGiacomo, 2016 NY Slip Op 00362 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Steven Mark Drapala — Matter of Drapala, 2016 NY Slip Op 00184 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Michael L. Silverman — Matter of Silverman, 2016 NY Slip Op 00025 · First Department · Disbarred

Suspended (5)

• Steven Altman — Matter of Altman, 2016 NY Slip Op 00442 · First Department · Suspended
• Marla L. Stein — Matter of Stein, 2016 NY Slip Op 00441 · First Department · Suspended
• Matter of Levine — Matter of Levine, 2016 NY Slip Op 00365 · Second Department · Suspended for six months
• Jennifer Lynn McCann — Matter of McCann, 2016 NY Slip Op 00270 · First Department · Suspended
• Robert Franklin Coyne — Matter of Coyne, 2016 NY Slip Op 00062 · First Department · Suspended

Interim suspension (2)

• Trevor A. Reid — Matter of Reid, 2016 NY Slip Op 00271 · First Department · Interim suspension
• Matter of Frank — Matter of Frank, 2016 NY Slip Op 00249 · Third Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (2)

• Bradley Daniel Shaw — Matter of Shaw, 2016 NY Slip Op 00461 · First Department · Public censure
• Steven John Hultquist — Matter of Hultquist, 2016 NY Slip Op 00364 · Second Department · Public censure

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