Monthly report

Attorney discipline, December 2017

28 New York attorney discipline decisions in December 2017: 14 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 11 suspended, 3 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (14)

• Mark Anthony Hidalgo — Matter of Hidalgo, 2018 NY Slip Op 00041 · First Department · Disbarred
• Tara Frances Lenich — Matter of Lenich, 2017 NY Slip Op 09280 · Second Department · Disbarred
• William Antwi — Matter of Antwi, 2017 NY Slip Op 09251 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Schlitt — Matter of Schlitt, 2017 NY Slip Op 09138 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Parker — Matter of Parker, 2017 NY Slip Op 09132 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Morrone — Matter of Morrone, 2017 NY Slip Op 09130 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Arvanitakis — Matter of Arvanitakis, 2017 NY Slip Op 09124 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Jerrold William Bartman — Matter of Bartman, 2017 NY Slip Op 08936 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Alexander Perchekly — Matter of Perchekly, 2017 NY Slip Op 08901 · First Department · Resigned while under investigation (treated as disbarment)
• Matter of Lubin — Matter of Lubin, 2017 NY Slip Op 08828 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Giannakos — Matter of Giannakos, 2017 NY Slip Op 08666 · Second Department · Disbarred
• William Doonan — Matter of Doonan, 2017 NY Slip Op 08646 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Williams — Matter of Williams, 2017 NY Slip Op 08527 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Mitchel Tarter — Matter of Tarter, 2017 NY Slip Op 08498 · First Department · Disbarred

Suspended (7)

• Matter of Napolitano — Matter of Napolitano, 2017 NY Slip Op 09281 · Second Department · Suspended for one year
• Matter of Fischer — Matter of Fischer, 2017 NY Slip Op 09278 · Second Department · Suspended for two years
• Matter of Weiss — Matter of Weiss, 2017 NY Slip Op 09143 · Second Department · Suspended for two years
• Nicole Leigh Perskie — Matter of Perskie, 2017 NY Slip Op 09133 · Second Department · Suspended
• Matter of Meagher — Matter of Meagher, 2017 NY Slip Op 08939 · Third Department · Suspended for one year
• Nicholas Alexander Penkovsky — Matter of Penkovsky, 2017 NY Slip Op 09283 · First Department · Suspended
• Steven Hosseyn Salami — Matter of Salami, 2017 NY Slip Op 08526 · Second Department · Suspended for six months

Interim suspension (4)

• Matter of Goldstein — Matter of Goldstein, 2017 NY Slip Op 09095 · Fourth Department · Interim suspension
• Matter of Hall — Matter of Hall, 2017 NY Slip Op 09094 · Fourth Department · Interim suspension
• Matter of Colby — Matter of Colby, 2017 NY Slip Op 08937 · Third Department · Interim suspension
• Stuart I. Rich — Matter of Rich, 2017 NY Slip Op 08902 · First Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (3)

• Robert David Goner — Matter of Goner, 2017 NY Slip Op 09279 · Second Department · Public censure
• Lance Richard Hartwich — Matter of Hartwich, 2017 NY Slip Op 09229 · Third Department · Public censure
• John Richard Parrinello — Matter of Parrinello, 2017 NY Slip Op 08938 · Third Department · Public censure

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