Monthly report
Attorney discipline, August 2016
12 New York attorney discipline decisions in August 2016: 4 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 6 suspended, 2 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.
Disbarred or resigned under investigation (4)
- Matter of Goldman — Matter of Goldman, 2016 NY Slip Op 05757 · Second Department · Disbarred
- Jeffrey Scott Kozlow — Matter of Kozlow, 2016 NY Slip Op 05737 · First Department · Disbarred
- Aaron Ari Afilalo — Matter of Afilalo, 2016 NY Slip Op 05727 · First Department · Disbarred
- Matter of Cook — Matter of Cook, 2016 NY Slip Op 05712 · Second Department · Disbarred
Suspended (6)
- Matter of Schneider — Matter of Schneider, 2016 NY Slip Op 05866 · Second Department · Suspended for one year
- Matter of Rozenzaft — Matter of Rozenzaft, 2016 NY Slip Op 05865 · Second Department · Suspended for two years
- Charles Angelo Petitto — Matter of Petitto, 2016 NY Slip Op 05864 · Second Department · Suspended for two years
- Runan Zhang — Matter of Zhang, 2016 NY Slip Op 05840 · First Department · Suspended for five years
- Matter of Castillo — Matter of Castillo, 2016 NY Slip Op 05833 · Third Department · Suspended for six months
- Athanasios Basdekis — Matter of Basdekis, 2016 NY Slip Op 05735 · First Department · Suspended for four months
Public censure (2)
- Matter of Prignoli — Matter of Prignoli, 2016 NY Slip Op 05922 · Second Department · Public censure
- Edward R. Bassetti — Matter of Bassetti, 2016 NY Slip Op 05901 · First Department · Public censure
Source: NY Official Reports (Law Reporting Bureau); current as of October 2026.