Monthly report

Attorney discipline, September 2022

12 New York attorney discipline decisions in September 2022: 5 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 6 suspended, 0 censured, 1 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (5)

• Paul Xavier Lima — Matter of Lima, 2022 NY Slip Op 05319 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Jonathan Bruce Fisher — Matter of Fisher, 2022 NY Slip Op 05279 · First Department · Resigned while under investigation (treated as disbarment)
• Stephen Lawrence Fox — Matter of Fox, 2022 NY Slip Op 05142 · First Department · Disbarred
• Edward Juan Lynum — Matter of Lynum, 2022 NY Slip Op 05133 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Jason Edward Rheinstein — Matter of Rheinstein, 2022 NY Slip Op 05126 · Third Department · Disbarred

Suspended (5)

• Robert Scott Hershman — Matter of Hershman, 2022 NY Slip Op 05475 · Fourth Department · Suspended — registration non-compliance
• Doreen Marie Zankowski — Matter of Zankowski, 2022 NY Slip Op 05194 · Third Department · Suspended for two years
• Matter of Inwald — Matter of Inwald, 2022 NY Slip Op 05167 · Second Department · Suspended for one year
• Matter of Caronna — Matter of Caronna, 2022 NY Slip Op 05165 · Second Department · Suspended for two years
• Pushkal Mishra — Matter of Mishra, 2022 NY Slip Op 05128 · Third Department · Suspended — registration non-compliance

Interim suspension (1)

• Matter of Costello — Matter of Costello, 2022 NY Slip Op 05473 · Fourth Department · Interim suspension

Reinstated (1)

• Stephen Louis Molinsek — Matter of Molinsek, 2022 NY Slip Op 05366 · Third Department · Reinstated

All months

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