Monthly report

Attorney discipline, May 2019

18 New York attorney discipline decisions in May 2019: 9 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 7 suspended, 2 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (9)

• Jessica Esmeralda Matic — Matter of Matic, 2019 NY Slip Op 04303 · First Department · Disbarred
• Michael Nole Germano — Matter of Germano, 2019 NY Slip Op 04262 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Andre Ramon Soleil — Matter of Soleil, 2019 NY Slip Op 04175 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Gerald Peter Douglas — Matter of Douglas, 2019 NY Slip Op 04164 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Hercules — Matter of Hercules, 2019 NY Slip Op 03971 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Barlow Smith — Matter of Smith, 2019 NY Slip Op 03904 · First Department · Disbarred
• Joseph Anthony Ferriero — Matter of Ferriero, 2019 NY Slip Op 03875 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Nigel Reuben Codrington — Matter of Codrington, 2019 NY Slip Op 03590 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Junior — Matter of Junior, 2019 NY Slip Op 03339 · Second Department · Disbarred

Suspended (6)

• Matter of Sosnik — Matter of Sosnik, 2019 NY Slip Op 04176 · Second Department · Suspended for six months
• Matter of Karol — Matter of Karol, 2019 NY Slip Op 04166 · Second Department · Suspended for six months
• Matter of Hausman — Matter of Hausman, 2019 NY Slip Op 04165 · Second Department · Suspended for six months
• Matter of McKinney — Matter of McKinney, 2019 NY Slip Op 03525 · Fourth Department · Suspended
• Matter of Piemonte — Matter of Piemonte, 2019 NY Slip Op 03524 · Fourth Department · Suspended for two years
• Emily Anne Tran — Matter of Tran, 2019 NY Slip Op 03478 · First Department · Suspended for one year

Interim suspension (1)

• Howard Zane Myerowitz — Matter of Myerowitz, 2019 NY Slip Op 04304 · First Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (2)

• David Bancroft Callender — Matter of Callender, 2019 NY Slip Op 04161 · Second Department · Public censure
• Matter of Garcia — Matter of Garcia, 2019 NY Slip Op 03970 · Second Department · Public censure

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