Monthly report

Attorney discipline, September 2019

27 New York attorney discipline decisions in September 2019: 8 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 16 suspended, 1 censured, 2 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (8)

• Scott Lee Reynolds — Matter of Reynolds, 2019 NY Slip Op 06843 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Nazmiyal — Matter of Nazmiyal, 2019 NY Slip Op 06772 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Mangano — Matter of Mangano, 2019 NY Slip Op 06771 · Second Department · Disbarred
• David Emil Thomas — Matter of Thomas, 2019 NY Slip Op 06731 · First Department · Resigned while under investigation (treated as disbarment)
• Matter of Gayatrinath — Matter of Gayatrinath, 2019 NY Slip Op 06603 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Melissa Philomene Bernier — Matter of Bernier, 2019 NY Slip Op 06577 · First Department · Disbarred
• Peter Jonathan Cresci — Matter of Cresci, 2019 NY Slip Op 06565 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Eustis — Matter of Eustis, 2019 NY Slip Op 06491 · Second Department · Disbarred

Suspended (11)

• Benjamin Peppercorn Bratter — Matter of Bratter, 2019 NY Slip Op 06880 · First Department · Suspended
• Divya Seth — Matter of Seth, 2019 NY Slip Op 06847 · Third Department · Suspended — registration non-compliance
• Matter of Thatcher — Matter of Thatcher, 2019 NY Slip Op 06777 · Second Department · Suspended for two years
• Matter of Salzman — Matter of Salzman, 2019 NY Slip Op 06776 · Second Department · Suspended for two years
• Matter of O'Leary — Matter of O'Leary, 2019 NY Slip Op 06773 · Second Department · Suspended for three years
• Edward Paul McKenzie — Matter of McKenzie, 2019 NY Slip Op 06729 · First Department · Suspended
• Matter of Lisabeth — Matter of Lisabeth, 2019 NY Slip Op 06604 · Second Department · Suspended for two years
• Oscar W. Weekes, Jr. — Matter of Weekes, 2019 NY Slip Op 06564 · Third Department · Suspended — registration non-compliance
• David Alexander Walker — Matter of Walker, 2019 NY Slip Op 06563 · Third Department · Suspended for 15 months
• Frederick Martin Oberlander — Matter of Oberlander, 2019 NY Slip Op 06496 · Second Department · Suspended for one year
• Matter of Aizin — Matter of Aizin, 2019 NY Slip Op 06490 · Second Department · Suspended for six months

Interim suspension (5)

• Sidney Baumgarten — Matter of Baumgarten, 2019 NY Slip Op 06879 · First Department · Interim suspension
• Wayne Antonio Autry — Matter of Autry, 2019 NY Slip Op 06852 · First Department · Interim suspension
• Solomon Hertzel Basch — Matter of Basch, 2019 NY Slip Op 06850 · Third Department · Interim suspension
• Alexander L. Shapiro — Matter of Shapiro, 2019 NY Slip Op 06730 · First Department · Interim suspension
• Lana E. Cantrell — Matter of Cantrell, 2019 NY Slip Op 06448 · First Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (1)

• Devon Marie Radlin — Matter of Wilt, 2019 NY Slip Op 06732 · First Department · Public censure

Reinstated (2)

• Thomas William Griffin — Matter of Griffin, 2019 NY Slip Op 06686 · Third Department · Reinstated
• Matthew Couloute, Jr. — Matter of Couloute, 2019 NY Slip Op 06683 · Third Department · Reinstated

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