Monthly report
Attorney discipline, July 2020
13 New York attorney discipline decisions in July 2020: 3 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 9 suspended, 1 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.
Disbarred or resigned under investigation (3)
- Matter of Caro — Matter of Caro, 2020 NY Slip Op 04161 · Second Department · Disbarred
- Alexander L. Shapiro — Matter of Shapiro, 2020 NY Slip Op 04015 · First Department · Disbarred
- Steven Michael Yudkin — Matter of Yudkin, 2020 NY Slip Op 03714 · Third Department · Disbarred
Suspended (7)
- Andrew Joseph Spinnell — Matter of Spinnell, 2020 NY Slip Op 04373 · First Department · Suspended
- Matter of Adges — Matter of Adges, 2020 NY Slip Op 04299 · Second Department · Suspended for two years
- Claude Castro — Matter of Castro, 2020 NY Slip Op 04240 · First Department · Suspended for four years
- Matter of Hersh — Matter of Hersh, 2020 NY Slip Op 03783 · Second Department · Suspended for 18 months
- David Adam Gabay — Matter of Gabay, 2020 NY Slip Op 03782 · Second Department · Suspended for one year
- Matter of Agu — Matter of Agu, 2020 NY Slip Op 03778 · Second Department · Suspended for four years
- Matter of Fine — Matter of Fine, 2020 NY Slip Op 03660 · Second Department · Suspended
Interim suspension (2)
- Keith R. Wolfe — Matter of Wolfe, 2020 NY Slip Op 04225 · Third Department · Interim suspension
- Mark D. Weissman — Matter of Weissman, 2020 NY Slip Op 03755 · First Department · Interim suspension
Public censure (1)
- David A. Hoines — Matter of Hoines, 2020 NY Slip Op 04226 · Third Department · Public censure
Source: NY Official Reports (Law Reporting Bureau); current as of October 2026.