Monthly report
Attorney discipline, January 2022
8 New York attorney discipline decisions in January 2022: 4 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 3 suspended, 1 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.
Disbarred or resigned under investigation (4)
- Thomas Paul Casper — Matter of Casper, 2022 NY Slip Op 00307 · Second Department · Disbarred
- Joshua Phillip Benfey — Matter of Benfey, 2022 NY Slip Op 00306 · Second Department · Disbarred
- Ellen Karena Zwijacz — Matter of Zwijacz, 2022 NY Slip Op 00244 · Third Department · Disbarred
- Nicholas George Karambelas — Matter of Karambelas, 2022 NY Slip Op 00129 · First Department · Disbarred
Suspended (2)
- Stephen Louis Molinsek — Matter of Molinsek, 2022 NY Slip Op 00350 · Third Department · Suspended for six months
- Edward Alan Schneider — Matter of Schneider, 2022 NY Slip Op 00012 · First Department · Suspended
Interim suspension (1)
- Lissa Grace Luke — Matter of Luke, 2022 NY Slip Op 00011 · First Department · Interim suspension
Public censure (1)
- Matter of St. Thomas — Matter of St. Thomas, 2022 NY Slip Op 00612 · Fourth Department · Public censure
Source: NY Official Reports (Law Reporting Bureau); current as of October 2026.