Monthly report
Attorney discipline, September 2021
12 New York attorney discipline decisions in September 2021: 4 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 5 suspended, 1 censured, 1 reinstated. With links to each decision.
Disbarred or resigned under investigation (4)
- Ellen Toback — Matter of Toback, 2021 NY Slip Op 05066 · First Department · Disbarred
- Sean Patrick Sheppard — Matter of Sheppard, 2021 NY Slip Op 05004 · Third Department · Disbarred
- Mitchell Bruce Young — Matter of Young, 2021 NY Slip Op 04978 · Second Department · Disbarred
- Richard Thomas Blancato — Matter of Blancato, 2021 NY Slip Op 04913 · Second Department · Disbarred
Suspended (3)
- Daniel B. Kamensky — Matter of Kamensky, 2021 NY Slip Op 05012 · First Department · Suspended
- Geoffrey Robert Batsiyan — Matter of Batsiyan, 2021 NY Slip Op 04974 · Second Department · Suspended for six months
- Thomas Carwin Caraco — Matter of Caraco, 2021 NY Slip Op 04953 · Third Department · Suspended for six months
Interim suspension (2)
- Justin Adam Greenblum — Matter of Greenblum, 2021 NY Slip Op 05011 · First Department · Interim suspension
- James Michael Bruhn, Jr. — Matter of Bruhn, 2021 NY Slip Op 05006 · Third Department · Interim suspension
Public censure (1)
- Japheth Nthautha Matemu — Matter of Matemu, 2021 NY Slip Op 05009 · Third Department · Public censure
Reinstated (1)
- Regina Wanjiru Njogu — Matter of Njogu, 2021 NY Slip Op 05005 · Third Department · Reinstated
Other decisions (1)
- Laurie Anne Parise — Matter of Parise, 2021 NY Slip Op 05065 · First Department · Relief denied / proceeding dismissed
Source: NY Official Reports (Law Reporting Bureau); current as of October 2026.