Monthly report

Attorney discipline, November 2021

10 New York attorney discipline decisions in November 2021: 2 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 6 suspended, 1 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (2)

• Craig Fred Meltzer — Matter of Meltzer, 2021 NY Slip Op 06550 · First Department · Disbarred
• Adam A. Berman — Matter of Berman, 2021 NY Slip Op 06091 · First Department · Resigned while under investigation (treated as disbarment)

Suspended (4)

• Howard Jon Burger — Matter of Burger, 2021 NY Slip Op 06655 · First Department · Suspended
• Rochelle Lyn Haller — Matter of Haller, 2021 NY Slip Op 06599 · Third Department · Suspended — registration non-compliance
• Justin Levine — Matter of Levine, 2021 NY Slip Op 06047 · First Department · Suspended
• Jonathan Marc Binstock — Matter of Binstock, 2021 NY Slip Op 06024 · Third Department · Suspended — registration non-compliance

Interim suspension (2)

• Derek Etheridge — Matter of Etheridge, 2021 NY Slip Op 06046 · First Department · Interim suspension
• Matter of Liebowitz — Matter of Liebowitz, 2021 NY Slip Op 05967 · Second Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (1)

• John Peter Demaio — Matter of DeMaio, 2021 NY Slip Op 06092 · First Department · Public censure

Other decisions (1)

• Robert Donald Nickol — Matter of Nickol, 2021 NY Slip Op 06023 · Third Department · Relief denied / proceeding dismissed

All months

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