Monthly report

Attorney discipline, July 2017

21 New York attorney discipline decisions in July 2017: 10 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 8 suspended, 2 censured, 1 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (10)

• Matter of Carroll — Matter of Carroll, 2017 NY Slip Op 05915 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Podhaizer — Matter of Podhaizer, 2017 NY Slip Op 05825 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Nichols — Matter of Nichols, 2017 NY Slip Op 05789 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Fengling Liu — Matter of Fengling Liu, 2017 NY Slip Op 05698 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Fields — Matter of Fields, 2017 NY Slip Op 05595 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Conway — Matter of Conway, 2017 NY Slip Op 05591 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Israel Adam Burns — Matter of Burns, 2017 NY Slip Op 05589 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Siddharth G. Dubal — Matter of Dubal, 2017 NY Slip Op 03882 · First Department · Resigned while under investigation (treated as disbarment)
• Mikhail Alexander Shedrinsky — Matter of Shedrinsky, 2017 NY Slip Op 05519 · First Department · Disbarred
• Brian William Raum — Matter of Raum, 2017 NY Slip Op 05518 · First Department · Disbarred

Suspended (4)

• Steven Charles Brodsky — Matter of Brodsky, 2017 NY Slip Op 05798 · First Department · Suspended for two years
• Darrell Andrew Marshall — Matter of Marshall, 2017 NY Slip Op 05577 · First Department · Suspended
• Matter of McGrath — Matter of McGrath, 2017 NY Slip Op 05441 · Second Department · Suspended for six months
• Matter of Kohn — Matter of Kohn, 2017 NY Slip Op 05438 · Second Department · Suspended for five years

Interim suspension (4)

• Steven S Herzberg — Matter of Herzberg, 2017 NY Slip Op 05697 · First Department · Interim suspension
• Edward Martin Char — Matter of Char, 2017 NY Slip Op 05696 · First Department · Interim suspension
• Evgeny A. Freidman — Matter of Freidman, 2017 NY Slip Op 05690 · First Department · Interim suspension
• Matter of Kiss — Matter of Kiss, 2017 NY Slip Op 05517 · First Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (2)

• Matter of Persaud — Matter of Persaud, 2017 NY Slip Op 05824 · Second Department · Public censure
• Matter of Parente — Matter of Parente, 2017 NY Slip Op 05671 · Third Department · Public censure

Reinstated (1)

• Randi Elaine Alarcon — Matter of Alarcon, 2017 NY Slip Op 05718 · Second Department · Reinstated

All months

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