Monthly report
Attorney discipline, January 2020
16 New York attorney discipline decisions in January 2020: 8 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 5 suspended, 2 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.
Disbarred or resigned under investigation (8)
- Matter of Rinck — Matter of Rinck, 2020 NY Slip Op 00417 · Second Department · Disbarred
- Philipp Charles Theune — Matter of Theune, 2020 NY Slip Op 00283 · Second Department · Disbarred
- Brian David Solomon — Matter of Solomon, 2020 NY Slip Op 00282 · Second Department · Disbarred
- Gaytri Devi Kachroo — Matter of Kachroo, 2020 NY Slip Op 00254 · First Department · Disbarred
- Scott Arthur Felicetti — Matter of Felicetti, 2020 NY Slip Op 00253 · First Department · Disbarred
- Matter of Weissmann — Matter of Weissmann, 2020 NY Slip Op 00150 · Second Department · Disbarred
- Matter of Junmo Yu — Matter of Junmo Yu, 2020 NY Slip Op 00131 · Second Department · Disbarred
- Matter of Avallone — Matter of Avallone, 2020 NY Slip Op 00118 · Second Department · Disbarred
Suspended (3)
- Matter of Ehrlich — Matter of Ehrlich, 2020 NY Slip Op 00589 · Second Department · Suspended for six months
- Joanne Cassidy — Matter of Cassidy, 2020 NY Slip Op 00558 · First Department · Suspended for three years
- Matter of O'Driscoll — Matter of O'Driscoll, 2020 NY Slip Op 00141 · Second Department · Suspended indefinitely
Interim suspension (2)
- Kimberly Smith Tyler — Matter of Tyler, 2020 NY Slip Op 00668 · Third Department · Interim suspension
- Youry Ziankovich — Matter of Ziankovich, 2020 NY Slip Op 00369 · First Department · Interim suspension
Public censure (2)
- Matter of Quinlan — Matter of Quinlan, 2020 NY Slip Op 00796 · Fourth Department · Public censure
- Matter of Castelli — Matter of Castelli, 2020 NY Slip Op 00123 · Second Department · Public censure
Other decisions (1)
- Pil Jae Lee — Matter of Lee, 2020 NY Slip Op 00206 · Third Department · Reinstatement denied
Source: NY Official Reports (Law Reporting Bureau); current as of October 2026.