Monthly report
Attorney discipline, January 2019
14 New York attorney discipline decisions in January 2019: 6 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 5 suspended, 3 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.
Disbarred or resigned under investigation (6)
- Joram Jehudah Aris — Matter of Aris, 2019 NY Slip Op 00666 · First Department · Disbarred
- John Skylar Chambers — Matter of Chambers, 2019 NY Slip Op 00582 · First Department · Disbarred
- Edgar H. Paltzer — Matter of Paltzer, 2019 NY Slip Op 00249 · First Department · Resigned while under investigation (treated as disbarment)
- Steven D. Hamburg — Matter of Hamburg, 2019 NY Slip Op 00247 · First Department · Resigned while under investigation (treated as disbarment)
- Richard Darius Borzouye — Matter of Borzouye, 2019 NY Slip Op 00244 · First Department · Disbarred
- Matthew Harris Goldsmith — Matter of Goldsmith, 2019 NY Slip Op 00218 · First Department · Disbarred
Suspended (4)
- Marla L. Stein — Matter of Stein, 2019 NY Slip Op 00369 · First Department · Suspended
- Peter Aaron Cook — Matter of Cook, 2019 NY Slip Op 00246 · First Department · Suspended
- Harold Levine — Matter of Levine, 2019 NY Slip Op 00081 · First Department · Suspended
- William Noble Hulsey, Iii — Matter of Hulsey, 2019 NY Slip Op 00020 · Third Department · Suspended for one year
Interim suspension (1)
- Isaiah Frederick Shotkin — Matter of Shotkin, 2019 NY Slip Op 00219 · First Department · Interim suspension
Public censure (3)
- Joshua Samuel Androphy — Matter of Androphy, 2019 NY Slip Op 00525 · First Department · Public censure
- Marc Stephen Koplik — Matter of Koplik, 2019 NY Slip Op 00248 · First Department · Public censure
- Richard Patrick Rinaldo — Matter of Rinaldo, 2019 NY Slip Op 00175 · Third Department · Public censure
Source: NY Official Reports (Law Reporting Bureau); current as of October 2026.