Monthly report

Attorney discipline, May 2022

18 New York attorney discipline decisions in May 2022: 7 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 10 suspended, 1 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (7)

• Matter of Hecht — Matter of Hecht, 2022 NY Slip Op 03388 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Marc A. Palladino — Matter of Palladino, 2022 NY Slip Op 03326 · First Department · Resigned (resignation accepted)
• Matter of Valente — Matter of Valente, 2022 NY Slip Op 03244 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Jeffrey Alexander Sterling — Matter of Sterling, 2022 NY Slip Op 03179 · First Department · Disbarred
• Julius S. Reich — Matter of Reich, 2022 NY Slip Op 03178 · First Department · Disbarred
• Christopher John Ahern — Matter of Ahern, 2022 NY Slip Op 03177 · First Department · Disbarred
• David Bancroft Callender — Matter of Callender, 2022 NY Slip Op 03114 · Second Department · Disbarred

Suspended (7)

• Sara Olivia Alpert — Matter of Alpert, 2022 NY Slip Op 03449 · First Department · Suspended
• James Joseph Fournier — Matter of Fournier, 2022 NY Slip Op 03386 · Second Department · Suspended for one year
• Matter of Bommarito — Matter of Bommarito, 2022 NY Slip Op 03382 · Second Department · Suspended for two years
• Michael David Stewart — Matter of Stewart, 2022 NY Slip Op 03347 · First Department · Suspended
• Joseph Anthony Maria — Matter of Maria, 2022 NY Slip Op 03117 · Second Department · Suspended for two years
• Scott Michael Marinelli — Matter of Marinelli, 2022 NY Slip Op 03046 · Third Department · Suspended for three years
• Jon David Corey — Matter of Corey, 2022 NY Slip Op 03044 · Third Department · Suspended — registration non-compliance

Interim suspension (3)

• Luke Daniel Lynch, Jr. — Matter of Lynch, 2022 NY Slip Op 03477 · First Department · Interim suspension
• Becky Leigh Caruso — Matter of Caruso, 2022 NY Slip Op 03305 · Third Department · Interim suspension
• Kiran Meettook — Matter of Meettook, 2022 NY Slip Op 03212 · First Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (1)

• Kenneth Stephen Beskin — Matter of Beskin, 2022 NY Slip Op 02996 · Second Department · Public censure

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