Monthly report

Attorney discipline, November 2018

20 New York attorney discipline decisions in November 2018: 7 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 11 suspended, 1 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (7)

• Chirayu Aaron Patel — Matter of Patel, 2018 NY Slip Op 08229 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Dale James Morgado — Matter of Morgado, 2018 NY Slip Op 08195 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Sheidlower — Matter of Sheidlower, 2018 NY Slip Op 08139 · Second Department · Disbarred
• John Omololu Shasanmi — Matter of Shasanmi, 2018 NY Slip Op 07846 · First Department · Disbarred
• Joseph James Battaglia — Matter of Battaglia, 2018 NY Slip Op 07822 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Donna Marie Conroy — Matter of Conroy, 2018 NY Slip Op 07692 · First Department · Disbarred
• Barry Dean Friedman — Matter of Friedman, 2018 NY Slip Op 07529 · Third Department · Disbarred

Suspended (6)

• Daniel John McCarthy — Matter of McCarthy, 2018 NY Slip Op 08230 · Third Department · Suspended for three years
• Joshua Abraham Messian — Matter of Messian, 2018 NY Slip Op 07845 · First Department · Suspended
• Todd Clifford Sicklinger — Matter of Sicklinger, 2018 NY Slip Op 07528 · Third Department · Suspended for two years
• Matter of Kornfeld — Matter of Kornfeld, 2018 NY Slip Op 07430 · Second Department · Suspended for two years
• Glen W. Brownell — Matter of Brownell, 2018 NY Slip Op 07402 · Third Department · Suspended for six months
• Michael Adam Weiss — Matter of Weiss, 2018 NY Slip Op 07400 · Third Department · Suspended — registration non-compliance

Interim suspension (5)

• Peter Hughes Barry — Matter of Barry, 2018 NY Slip Op 08003 · Third Department · Interim suspension
• Matter of Gerardi — Matter of Gerardi, 2018 NY Slip Op 07921 · Fourth Department · Interim suspension
• Albert Hessberg, Iii — Matter of Hessberg, 2018 NY Slip Op 07823 · Third Department · Interim suspension
• Matter of Gross — Matter of Gross, 2018 NY Slip Op 07637 · Fourth Department · Interim suspension
• Matter of Kustell — Matter of Kustell, 2018 NY Slip Op 07635 · Fourth Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (1)

• Michael Laurence D'Amico — Matter of D'Amico, 2018 NY Slip Op 08004 · Third Department · Public censure

Other decisions (1)

• Matter of Rabkin — Matter of Rabkin, 2018 NY Slip Op 07732 · Second Department · Disciplinary matter — see decision

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