Monthly report

Attorney discipline, November 2016

14 New York attorney discipline decisions in November 2016: 5 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 6 suspended, 1 censured, 2 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (5)

• Matter of Bodain — Matter of Bodain, 2016 NY Slip Op 07951 · Second Department · Disbarred
• James Andrew Robbins — Matter of Robbins, 2016 NY Slip Op 07766 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of McCarthy — Matter of McCarthy, 2016 NY Slip Op 07566 · Fourth Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
• Kevin J. Connolly — Matter of Connolly, 2016 NY Slip Op 07416 · First Department · Disbarred
• John Llwelyn Sampson — Matter of Sampson, 2016 NY Slip Op 07151 · First Department · Disbarred

Suspended (5)

• David Schnall — Matter of Schnall, 2016 NY Slip Op 08030 · First Department · Suspended for six months
• Matter of Sgambettera — Matter of Sgambettera, 2016 NY Slip Op 07913 · Third Department · Suspended for four months
• Matter of Musafiri — Matter of Musafiri, 2016 NY Slip Op 07747 · Third Department · Suspended for six months
• Matter of Edelstein — Matter of Edelstein, 2016 NY Slip Op 07391 · Third Department · Suspended for three months
• Matter of McCabe — Matter of McCabe, 2016 NY Slip Op 07256 · Third Department · Suspended for two years

Interim suspension (1)

• Brian King — Matter of King, 2016 NY Slip Op 07281 · First Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (1)

• Gary S. Villanueva — Matter of Villanueva, 2016 NY Slip Op 07878 · First Department · Public censure

Reinstated (2)

• Matter of Levine — Matter of Levine, 2016 NY Slip Op 07961 · Second Department · Reinstated
• Matter of Wutz — Matter of Wutz, 2016 NY Slip Op 07565 · Fourth Department · Reinstated

All months

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