Monthly report

Attorney discipline, March 2020

20 New York attorney discipline decisions in March 2020: 7 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 12 suspended, 1 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (7)

• Matter of Van Doren — Matter of Van Doren, 2020 NY Slip Op 02122 · First Department · Resigned while under investigation (treated as disbarment)
• Matter of Scarpa — Matter of Scarpa, 2020 NY Slip Op 02034 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Gilliam — Matter of Gilliam, 2020 NY Slip Op 02030 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Brettschneider — Matter of Brettschneider, 2020 NY Slip Op 01915 · Second Department · Disbarred
• James Aloysius Powers — Matter of Powers, 2020 NY Slip Op 01891 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Phyllis R. Mccoy-Jacien — Matter of McCoy-Jacien, 2020 NY Slip Op 01692 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Lee — Matter of Lee, 2020 NY Slip Op 01617 · Second Department · Disbarred

Suspended (7)

• M. James Salem — Matter of Salem, 2020 NY Slip Op 01919 · Second Department · Suspended for six months
• Matter of Luke — Matter of Luke, 2020 NY Slip Op 01916 · Second Department · Suspended for six months
• Harry Anthony Cardillo — Matter of Cardillo, 2020 NY Slip Op 01613 · Second Department · Suspended for three years
• Eli Karl Cherkasky — Matter of Cherkasky, 2020 NY Slip Op 01588 · First Department · Suspended for two months
• Ann Marie Dunn — Matter of Dunn, 2020 NY Slip Op 01548 · Third Department · Suspended — registration non-compliance
• Matter of Fonti — Matter of Fonti, 2020 NY Slip Op 01498 · Second Department · Suspended for two years
• Matter of Bruzzese — Matter of Bruzzese, 2020 NY Slip Op 01495 · Second Department · Suspended for three years

Interim suspension (5)

• Marina Trubitsky — Matter of Trubitsky, 2020 NY Slip Op 02121 · First Department · Interim suspension
• Martin Francis McMahon — Matter of McMahon, 2020 NY Slip Op 02120 · First Department · Interim suspension
• Melvin Warren Hoffman — Matter of Hoffman, 2020 NY Slip Op 01726 · First Department · Interim suspension
• Dennis A. Schuman — Matter of Schuman, 2020 NY Slip Op 01566 · First Department · Interim suspension
• Robert Edward Rothman — Matter of Rothman, 2020 NY Slip Op 01565 · First Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (1)

• Andrew John Heffernan — Matter of Heffernan, 2020 NY Slip Op 01615 · Second Department · Public censure

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