Monthly report

Attorney discipline, February 2016

13 New York attorney discipline decisions in February 2016: 3 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 4 suspended, 2 censured, 4 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (3)

• Francis Ogochukwuka Obi — Matter of Obi, 2016 NY Slip Op 01426 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Shoss — Matter of Shoss, 2016 NY Slip Op 01334 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Guy M. Jean-Pierre — Matter of Jean-Pierre, 2016 NY Slip Op 00635 · First Department · Disbarred

Suspended (3)

• Marlene Garcia — Matter of Garcia, 2016 NY Slip Op 01274 · First Department · Suspended
• Andres Manuel Aranda — Matter of Aranda, 2016 NY Slip Op 01235 · First Department · Suspended
• Matter of Harris — Matter of Harris, 2016 NY Slip Op 01180 · Second Department · Suspended for three years

Interim suspension (1)

• Kevin J. Connolly — Matter of Connolly, 2016 NY Slip Op 00784 · First Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (2)

• Anthony Peter Vigna — Matter of Vigna, 2016 NY Slip Op 01192 · Second Department · Public censure
• Daniel D. Kim — Matter of Kim, 2016 NY Slip Op 00636 · First Department · Public censure

Reinstated (4)

• Matter of Eisenberg — Matter of Eisenberg, 2016 NY Slip Op 01325 · Second Department · Reinstated
• Joseph George Colbert — Matter of Colbert, 2016 NY Slip Op 01320 · Second Department · Reinstated
• Martin Louis Posner — Matter of Posner, 2016 NY Slip Op 00982 · Second Department · Reinstated
• Stanley Joseph Kalathara — Matter of Kalathara, 2016 NY Slip Op 00672 · Second Department · Reinstated

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