Monthly report
Attorney discipline, May 2020
9 New York attorney discipline decisions in May 2020: 5 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 4 suspended, 0 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.
Disbarred or resigned under investigation (5)
- Solomon Hertzel Basch — Matter of Basch, 2020 NY Slip Op 03057 · Third Department · Disbarred
- George Darrell Berglund — Matter of Berglund, 2020 NY Slip Op 02964 · Third Department · Disbarred
- Mark Tanguay Pilon — Matter of Pilon, 2020 NY Slip Op 02898 · First Department · Resigned while under investigation (treated as disbarment)
- Steven Mark Etkind — Matter of Etkind, 2020 NY Slip Op 02896 · First Department · Disbarred
- Matter of Hoblin — Matter of Hoblin, 2020 NY Slip Op 02784 · Second Department · Disbarred
Suspended (3)
- Pamela Jean Sackerman — Matter of Sackerman, 2020 NY Slip Op 02899 · First Department · Suspended indefinitely
- Jessica Marie McHale — Matter of McHale, 2020 NY Slip Op 02897 · First Department · Suspended for five years
- Robert Donald Nickol — Matter of Nickol, 2020 NY Slip Op 02850 · Third Department · Suspended for six months
Interim suspension (1)
- Nathaniel Edward Burney — Matter of Burney, 2020 NY Slip Op 02707 · Third Department · Interim suspension
Source: NY Official Reports (Law Reporting Bureau); current as of October 2026.