Monthly report

Attorney discipline, March 2016

23 New York attorney discipline decisions in March 2016: 11 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 8 suspended, 1 censured, 2 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (11)

• Matter of Miller — Matter of Miller, 2016 NY Slip Op 02370 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Stuart Spencer Cowitt — Matter of Cowitt, 2016 NY Slip Op 02361 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Michael Ralph Beatrice — Matter of Beatrice, 2016 NY Slip Op 02359 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Sheldon Silver — Matter of Silver, 2016 NY Slip Op 02304 · First Department · Disbarred
• Chris Chukolems Olewuenyi — Matter of Olewuenyi, 2016 NY Slip Op 02181 · First Department · Disbarred
• Olukayode Lawrence Babalola — Matter of Babalola, 2016 NY Slip Op 02180 · First Department · Disbarred
• Jay Merrill Lipis — Matter of Lipis, 2016 NY Slip Op 02092 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Martha Jane Brosius — Matter of Brosius, 2016 NY Slip Op 02042 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Rickert — Matter of Rickert, 2016 NY Slip Op 01997 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
• Matter of Greco — Matter of Greco, 2016 NY Slip Op 01846 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Clay R. Serenbetz — Matter of Serenbetz, 2016 NY Slip Op 01791 · First Department · Disbarred

Suspended (6)

• Diarmuid Yaphet Houston — Matter of Houston, 2016 NY Slip Op 02549 · First Department · Suspended
• Charles Ubaka Odikpo — Matter of Odikpo, 2016 NY Slip Op 01925 · First Department · Suspended
• Adam Kenneth Block — Matter of Block, 2016 NY Slip Op 01923 · First Department · Suspended — registration non-compliance
• Matter of Denaro — Matter of Denaro, 2016 NY Slip Op 01842 · Second Department · Suspended for six months
• Matter of Singer — Matter of Singer, 2016 NY Slip Op 01684 · Second Department · Suspended for one year
• Joell Carol Barnett — Matter of Barnett, 2016 NY Slip Op 01485 · Second Department · Suspended for five years

Interim suspension (2)

• Matter of Osher — Matter of Osher, 2016 NY Slip Op 01995 · Fourth Department · Interim suspension
• John Llwelyn Sampson — Matter of Sampson, 2016 NY Slip Op 01757 · First Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (1)

• Thomas Alan Blumenthal — Matter of Blumenthal, 2016 NY Slip Op 01668 · Second Department · Public censure

Reinstated (2)

• James Joseph Quail — Matter of Quail, 2016 NY Slip Op 01679 · Second Department · Reinstated
• Matter of Milano — Matter of Milano, 2016 NY Slip Op 01493 · Second Department · Reinstated

Other decisions (1)

• Matter of Amisano — Matter of Amisano, 2016 NY Slip Op 01993 · Fourth Department · Disciplinary matter — see decision

All months

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