Monthly report

Attorney discipline, August 2022

12 New York attorney discipline decisions in August 2022: 4 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 6 suspended, 2 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (4)

• Gerald S. Migdol — Matter of Migdol, 2022 NY Slip Op 05061 · First Department · Disbarred
• Timothy Fitzgerald Cobb — Matter of Cobb, 2022 NY Slip Op 05060 · First Department · Disbarred
• Erik Sobkiewicz — Matter of Sobkiewicz, 2022 NY Slip Op 04933 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Dube — Matter of Dube, 2022 NY Slip Op 04911 · Second Department · Disbarred

Suspended (3)

• Mehmet Arda Beskardes — Matter of Beskardes, 2022 NY Slip Op 05059 · First Department · Suspended
• Ross Alan Willner — Matter of Willner, 2022 NY Slip Op 05007 · First Department · Suspended
• Lisa A. Wellman — Matter of Wellman, 2022 NY Slip Op 05006 · First Department · Suspended

Interim suspension (3)

• Michael Mark Strage — Matter of Strage, 2022 NY Slip Op 05005 · First Department · Interim suspension
• Lucille A. Roussin — Matter of Roussin, 2022 NY Slip Op 05004 · First Department · Interim suspension
• Pamela Denise Hayes — Matter of Hayes, 2022 NY Slip Op 04781 · First Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (2)

• Douglas Michael Soffey — Matter of Soffey, 2022 NY Slip Op 05090 · Second Department · Public censure
• Matter of Smits — Matter of Smits, 2022 NY Slip Op 04810 · Second Department · Public censure

All months

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