Monthly report

Attorney discipline, August 2019

16 New York attorney discipline decisions in August 2019: 4 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 6 suspended, 2 censured, 3 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (4)

• Carol Eileen Ryder — Matter of Ryder, 2019 NY Slip Op 06398 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Frank — Matter of Frank, 2019 NY Slip Op 06220 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of O'Connor — Matter of O'Connor, 2019 NY Slip Op 06168 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Richard A. Meno — Matter of Meno, 2019 NY Slip Op 06135 · Third Department · Disbarred

Suspended (4)

• Matter of Rosales — Matter of Rosales, 2019 NY Slip Op 06174 · Second Department · Suspended for three years
• Lawrence Alan Weissmann — Matter of Weissmann, 2019 NY Slip Op 06170 · Second Department · Suspended for two years
• Leon Emmanuel Jew — Matter of Jew, 2019 NY Slip Op 06131 · Third Department · Suspended for three months
• Matter of Schwartz — Matter of Schwartz, 2019 NY Slip Op 06091 · Second Department · Suspended for two years

Interim suspension (2)

• David Kenneth Tomney — Matter of Tomney, 2019 NY Slip Op 06130 · Third Department · Interim suspension
• Phyllis R. Mccoy-Jacien — Matter of McCoy-Jacien, 2019 NY Slip Op 06122 · Third Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (2)

• Matter of Battaglia — Matter of Battaglia, 2019 NY Slip Op 06169 · Second Department · Public censure
• Jason Sebastian Eisenfeld — Matter of Eisenfeld, 2019 NY Slip Op 06086 · Second Department · Public censure

Reinstated (3)

• Desmond Quinby Martin — Matter of Martin, 2019 NY Slip Op 06218 · Second Department · Reinstated
• Howard Michael Adelsberg — Matter of Adelsberg, 2019 NY Slip Op 06216 · Second Department · Reinstated
• Regina Wanjiru Njogu — Matter of Njogu, 2019 NY Slip Op 06121 · Third Department · Reinstated

Other decisions (1)

• Jeffrey Thomas Lacroix — Matter of Canale, 2019 NY Slip Op 06123 · Third Department · Disciplinary matter — see decision

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