Monthly report

Attorney discipline, December 2021

19 New York attorney discipline decisions in December 2021: 4 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 7 suspended, 6 censured, 2 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (4)

• Gordon Scott Christenson — Matter of Christenson, 2021 NY Slip Op 07344 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Dong-Won Lee — Matter of Dong-Won Lee, 2021 NY Slip Op 07312 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Michael Eran Talassazan — Matter of Talassazan, 2021 NY Slip Op 07003 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Brown — Matter of Brown, 2021 NY Slip Op 06688 · Second Department · Disbarred

Suspended (6)

• Kevin C. Fogle — Matter of Fogle, 2021 NY Slip Op 07603 · Third Department · Suspended for one year
• Matter of Whitney — Matter of Whitney, 2021 NY Slip Op 07474 · Fourth Department · Suspended
• Matter of Vasquez — Matter of Vasquez, 2021 NY Slip Op 07300 · Second Department · Suspended for three years
• Neil Russell Flaum — Matter of Flaum, 2021 NY Slip Op 06997 · Second Department · Suspended for one year
• Lawrence Joseph Mahar — Matter of Mahar, 2021 NY Slip Op 06913 · Third Department · Suspended for one year
• Jean-Pierre S Lavielle — Matter of Lavielle, 2021 NY Slip Op 06910 · Third Department · Suspended — registration non-compliance

Interim suspension (1)

• Michael Salvatore Fauci — Matter of Fauci, 2021 NY Slip Op 07345 · Third Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (6)

• Shazia N. Sparkman — Matter of Sparkman, 2021 NY Slip Op 07604 · Third Department · Public censure
• Donna Faith Akinrele — Matter of Akinrele, 2021 NY Slip Op 07303 · Second Department · Public censure
• Matter of Berotti — Matter of Berotti, 2021 NY Slip Op 07301 · Second Department · Public censure
• Raphael Weitzman — Matter of Weitzman, 2021 NY Slip Op 07085 · First Department · Public censure
• Jeffrey Dennis Johnson — Matter of Johnson, 2021 NY Slip Op 07084 · First Department · Public censure
• Bradley Hamilton Andrews — Matter of Andrews, 2021 NY Slip Op 07064 · First Department · Public censure

Reinstated (2)

• William Castro — Matter of Castro, 2021 NY Slip Op 07053 · Third Department · Reinstated
• Rachel Yvonne Marshall — Matter of Marshall, 2021 NY Slip Op 06916 · Third Department · Reinstated

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