Monthly report

Attorney discipline, December 2018

11 New York attorney discipline decisions in December 2018: 2 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 6 suspended, 1 censured, 2 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (2)

• Matter of Jackson — Matter of Jackson, 2018 NY Slip Op 08654 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Stanley Joseph Kalathara — Matter of Kalathara, 2018 NY Slip Op 08483 · Second Department · Disbarred

Suspended (5)

• Phyllis R. Mccoy-Jacien — Matter of McCoy-Jacien, 2018 NY Slip Op 08998 · Third Department · Suspended for one year
• Paul Joseph McArdle — Matter of McArdle, 2018 NY Slip Op 08614 · Third Department · Suspended for one year
• Jonathan R. Steinberg — Matter of Steinberg, 2018 NY Slip Op 08451 · First Department · Suspended for one year
• Lori Jo Sklar — Matter of Sklar, 2018 NY Slip Op 08408 · Third Department · Suspended for three months
• Sanghwan Hahn — Matter of Hahn, 2018 NY Slip Op 08407 · Third Department · Suspended for six months

Interim suspension (1)

• Philip George Ackerman — Matter of Ackerman, 2018 NY Slip Op 08416 · Third Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (1)

• Frank A. Lauletta — Matter of Lauletta, 2018 NY Slip Op 08615 · Third Department · Public censure

Reinstated (2)

• Joel Antonio Padilla — Matter of Padilla, 2018 NY Slip Op 08997 · Third Department · Reinstated
• Jeffrey Alan Farkas — Matter of Farkas, 2018 NY Slip Op 08298 · Second Department · Reinstated

All months

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