Monthly report

Attorney discipline, March 2021

13 New York attorney discipline decisions in March 2021: 5 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 6 suspended, 1 censured, 1 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (5)

• Ra'Shaun Jamar Kelley — Matter of Kelley, 2021 NY Slip Op 01721 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Lovett — Matter of Lovett, 2021 NY Slip Op 01414 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Gonzalez — Matter of Gonzalez, 2021 NY Slip Op 01410 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Robert Philip Santoriella — Matter of Santoriella, 2021 NY Slip Op 01262 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Christopher Andrew McPartland — Matter of McPartland, 2021 NY Slip Op 01258 · Second Department · Disbarred

Suspended (6)

• Yana Chechelnitsky — Matter of Chechelnitsky, 2021 NY Slip Op 01827 · Third Department · Suspended for five months
• Diego Milara — Matter of Milara, 2021 NY Slip Op 01722 · First Department · Suspended for one year
• George Henry Sallaway — Matter of Sallaway, 2021 NY Slip Op 01686 · Fourth Department · Suspended for two years
• M. James Salem — Matter of Salem, 2021 NY Slip Op 01261 · Second Department · Suspended for one year
• Matter of Newman — Matter of Newman, 2021 NY Slip Op 01259 · Second Department · Suspended for one year
• Matter of Bernstein — Matter of Bernstein, 2021 NY Slip Op 01254 · Second Department · Suspended for three years

Public censure (1)

• Gregory Karl Mueller — Matter of Mueller, 2021 NY Slip Op 01485 · First Department · Public censure

Reinstated (1)

• Jarred Shawn Freeman — Matter of Freeman, 2021 NY Slip Op 01547 · Third Department · Reinstated

All months

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