Monthly report

Attorney discipline, April 2021

17 New York attorney discipline decisions in April 2021: 6 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 6 suspended, 1 censured, 4 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (6)

• Matter of Levine — Matter of Levine, 2021 NY Slip Op 02526 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Steven Thomas Hansen — Matter of Hansen, 2021 NY Slip Op 02525 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Hugo Gustavo Salazar — Matter of Salazar, 2021 NY Slip Op 02300 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Jay Robert Werther — Matter of Werther, 2021 NY Slip Op 02215 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Neil Allan Margulies — Matter of Margulies, 2021 NY Slip Op 02160 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Branco — Matter of Branco, 2021 NY Slip Op 02151 · Second Department · Disbarred

Suspended (4)

• Eric Tradd Schneiderman — Matter of Schneiderman, 2021 NY Slip Op 02497 · First Department · Suspended
• Matter of Gonzalez — Matter of Gonzalez, 2021 NY Slip Op 02296 · Second Department · Suspended
• Edward Anthony Ambrosino — Matter of Ambrosino, 2021 NY Slip Op 02288 · Second Department · Suspended for two years
• Bruce Douglas Friedberg — Matter of Friedberg, 2021 NY Slip Op 02109 · First Department · Suspended for 18 months

Interim suspension (2)

• Roy Karl Nestler — Matter of Nestler, 2021 NY Slip Op 02584 · Third Department · Interim suspension
• Deanna L. Siegel — Matter of Siegel, 2021 NY Slip Op 02054 · Third Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (1)

• A Jared Silverman — Matter of Silverman, 2021 NY Slip Op 02498 · First Department · Public censure

Reinstated (4)

• Geoffrey Joseph Mascaro — Matter of Mascaro, 2021 NY Slip Op 02528 · Second Department · Reinstated
• Neil C. Luke — Matter of Luke, 2021 NY Slip Op 02527 · Second Department · Reinstated
• Frances Yetta Ruiz — Matter of Ruiz, 2021 NY Slip Op 02394 · Second Department · Reinstated
• Richard Eugene Ehrlich — Matter of Ehrlich, 2021 NY Slip Op 02390 · Second Department · Reinstated

All months

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