Monthly report
Attorney discipline, August 2020
16 New York attorney discipline decisions in August 2020: 7 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 5 suspended, 4 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.
Disbarred or resigned under investigation (7)
- Edward James Waters — Matter of Waters, 2020 NY Slip Op 04748 · Second Department · Disbarred
- Matter of Stolz — Matter of Stolz, 2020 NY Slip Op 04746 · Second Department · Disbarred
- John Dalgarno Roesser — Matter of Roesser, 2020 NY Slip Op 04525 · First Department · Resigned while under investigation (treated as disbarment)
- Steven Robert Donziger — Matter of Donziger, 2020 NY Slip Op 04523 · First Department · Disbarred
- Noah Stacy — Matter of Stacy, 2020 NY Slip Op 04434 · Third Department · Disbarred
- Benjamin N. Ndi — Matter of Ndi, 2020 NY Slip Op 04433 · Third Department · Disbarred
- Ronald Alan Lenowitz — Matter of Lenowitz, 2020 NY Slip Op 04394 · Second Department · Disbarred
Suspended (3)
- Steven Solomon Sieratzki — Matter of Sieratzki, 2020 NY Slip Op 04814 · First Department · Suspended for two years
- Edward Juan Lynum — Matter of Lynum, 2020 NY Slip Op 04808 · Third Department · Suspended for seven months
- Matter of Chirico — Matter of Chirico, 2020 NY Slip Op 04741 · Second Department · Suspended
Interim suspension (2)
- Laurence Michael Savedoff — Matter of Savedoff, 2020 NY Slip Op 04813 · First Department · Interim suspension
- Lawrence A. Doris — Matter of Doris, 2020 NY Slip Op 04524 · First Department · Interim suspension
Public censure (4)
- Matter of Irwin — Matter of Irwin, 2020 NY Slip Op 04743 · Second Department · Public censure
- James Valvano, Ii — Matter of Valvano, 2020 NY Slip Op 04526 · First Department · Public censure
- Vishal Sanmukh Petigara — Matter of Petigara, 2020 NY Slip Op 04516 · Third Department · Public censure
- Matter of Katz — Matter of Katz, 2020 NY Slip Op 04393 · Second Department · Public censure
Source: NY Official Reports (Law Reporting Bureau); current as of October 2026.