Monthly report

Attorney discipline, April 2017

13 New York attorney discipline decisions in April 2017: 4 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 5 suspended, 2 censured, 2 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (4)

• Matter of Johnson — Matter of Johnson, 2017 NY Slip Op 02986 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Gregory Xavier Hesterberg — Matter of Hesterberg, 2017 NY Slip Op 02984 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Campos — Matter of Campos, 2017 NY Slip Op 02980 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Charles Angelo Petitto — Matter of Petitto, 2017 NY Slip Op 02658 · Second Department · Disbarred

Suspended (4)

• Diane Barbara Groom — Matter of Groom, 2017 NY Slip Op 03175 · Second Department · Suspended for three years
• Matter of Falco — Matter of Falco, 2017 NY Slip Op 03173 · Second Department · Suspended for three years
• Matter of Guardino — Matter of Guardino, 2017 NY Slip Op 02983 · Second Department · Suspended for two years
• Matter of Blasdell — Matter of Blasdell, 2017 NY Slip Op 02721 · Third Department · Suspended for nine months

Interim suspension (1)

• Simone R Coley — Matter of Coley, 2017 NY Slip Op 02747 · First Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (2)

• David Alan Pravda — Matter of Pravda, 2017 NY Slip Op 02793 · Second Department · Public censure
• Matter of Krzys — Matter of Krzys, 2017 NY Slip Op 02722 · Third Department · Public censure

Reinstated (2)

• Jonathan Lewis Levine — Matter of Levine, 2017 NY Slip Op 02653 · Second Department · Reinstated
• Jeffrey Marc Benjamin — Matter of Benjamin, 2017 NY Slip Op 02642 · Second Department · Reinstated

All months

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