Monthly report

Attorney discipline, May 2017

15 New York attorney discipline decisions in May 2017: 6 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 7 suspended, 2 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (6)

• Bruno Patrick Bianchi — Matter of Bianchi, 2017 NY Slip Op 04269 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Stephen Alan Zorn — Matter of Zorn, 2017 NY Slip Op 03761 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Mooney — Matter of Mooney, 2017 NY Slip Op 03753 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Jeffrey Lewis Lessoff — Matter of Lessoff, 2017 NY Slip Op 03714 · First Department · Disbarred
• Loreto Suarez Kudera — Matter of Kudera, 2017 NY Slip Op 03628 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Katzman — Matter of Katzman, 2017 NY Slip Op 03513 · Second Department · Disbarred

Suspended (6)

• Matter of Lawrence — Matter of Lawrence, 2017 NY Slip Op 04279 · Second Department · Suspended for two years
• Steven C. Bartley — Matter of Bartley, 2017 NY Slip Op 03880 · First Department · Suspended
• Matter of Shelton — Matter of Shelton, 2017 NY Slip Op 03831 · Third Department · Suspended for four years
• Matter of Lin — Matter of Lin, 2017 NY Slip Op 03752 · Second Department · Suspended for 18 months
• William Anthony Diconza — Matter of DiConza, 2017 NY Slip Op 03509 · Second Department · Suspended for three years
• Kathy Dianne Bailey — Matter of Bailey, 2017 NY Slip Op 03506 · Second Department · Suspended for two years

Interim suspension (1)

• Aaron Davidson — Matter of Davidson, 2017 NY Slip Op 03627 · First Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (2)

• Matter of Rockmacher — Matter of Rockmacher, 2017 NY Slip Op 04025 · Third Department · Public censure
• Matter of Ross — Matter of Ross, 2017 NY Slip Op 03757 · Second Department · Public censure

All months

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