Monthly report

Attorney discipline, February 2017

14 New York attorney discipline decisions in February 2017: 7 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 6 suspended, 1 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (7)

• Samuel Leonard Wolf — Matter of Wolf, 2017 NY Slip Op 01373 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Verbelle Bernadette Williams — Matter of Williams, 2017 NY Slip Op 01372 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Michael Norman Kelsey — Matter of Kelsey, 2017 NY Slip Op 01359 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Vega — Matter of Vega, 2017 NY Slip Op 01302 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Paul H. Jones — Matter of Jones, 2017 NY Slip Op 01300 · First Department · Disbarred
• Philip George Kong — Matter of Kong, 2017 NY Slip Op 00973 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Alan Ira Sills — Matter of Sills, 2017 NY Slip Op 00654 · Second Department · Disbarred

Suspended (1)

• Lawrence Nkongho Etah — Matter of Etah, 2017 NY Slip Op 00645 · Second Department · Suspended for three years

Interim suspension (5)

• Alexander Perchekly — Matter of Perchekly, 2017 NY Slip Op 01485 · First Department · Interim suspension
• Paul Richard Karan — Matter of Karan, 2017 NY Slip Op 01484 · First Department · Interim suspension
• Scott A. Spencer — Matter of Spencer, 2017 NY Slip Op 01328 · First Department · Interim suspension
• Sueanne Szuen CO — Matter of Co, 2017 NY Slip Op 01327 · First Department · Interim suspension
• Richard Brett Kelly — Matter of Kelly, 2017 NY Slip Op 01301 · First Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (1)

• Matter of Apple — Matter of Apple, 2017 NY Slip Op 01194 · Second Department · Public censure

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