Monthly report

Attorney discipline, April 2019

18 New York attorney discipline decisions in April 2019: 4 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 10 suspended, 3 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (4)

• Julia Swanson — Matter of Swanson, 2019 NY Slip Op 03156 · First Department · Disbarred
• Joseph Percoco — Matter of Percoco, 2019 NY Slip Op 03132 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Cynthia S. Malyszek — Matter of Malyszek, 2019 NY Slip Op 03129 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Cassandra Lee Channing — Matter of Channing, 2019 NY Slip Op 03127 · Third Department · Disbarred

Suspended (7)

• Peter Alan Mertz — Matter of Mertz, 2019 NY Slip Op 03155 · First Department · Suspended
• Ksenia Vladimirovna Proskurchenko — Matter of Proskurchenko, 2019 NY Slip Op 03126 · Third Department · Suspended for six months
• Jessica Marie St. Germaine — Matter of Tuve, 2019 NY Slip Op 02949 · Third Department · Suspended — registration non-compliance
• Maive Rita Giovati — Matter of Giovati, 2019 NY Slip Op 02667 · First Department · Suspended
• James Francis Donohue J R — Matter of Donohue, 2019 NY Slip Op 02607 · Third Department · Suspended for three years
• Errol J. Tabacco — Matter of Tabacco, 2019 NY Slip Op 02488 · First Department · Suspended for 15 months
• Adam Bailey — Matter of Bailey, 2019 NY Slip Op 02487 · First Department · Suspended for four months

Interim suspension (3)

• Margaux Danielle Hall — Matter of Hall, 2019 NY Slip Op 03130 · Third Department · Interim suspension
• Herbert Gerald Lindenbaum — Matter of Lindenbaum, 2019 NY Slip Op 03018 · First Department · Interim suspension
• Kavin L. Edwards — Matter of Edwards, 2019 NY Slip Op 02972 · First Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (3)

• Richard Steven Peskin — Matter of Peskin, 2019 NY Slip Op 03306 · First Department · Public censure
• Christopher Broughton Shedlick — Matter of Shedlick, 2019 NY Slip Op 03131 · Third Department · Public censure
• Sean Robert Sexton — Matter of Sexton, 2019 NY Slip Op 02885 · Second Department · Public censure

Other decisions (1)

• Lincoln Lim Tan, Jr. — Matter of Tan, 2019 NY Slip Op 03128 · Third Department · Relief denied / proceeding dismissed

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