Monthly report

Attorney discipline, November 2022

21 New York attorney discipline decisions in November 2022: 9 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 11 suspended, 1 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (9)

• Matter of Wisnicki — Matter of Wisnicki, 2022 NY Slip Op 06813 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Friedman — Matter of Friedman, 2022 NY Slip Op 06802 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Owolabi M. Salis — Matter of Salis, 2022 NY Slip Op 06757 · First Department · Disbarred
• Sylvia Gwendolyn Ash — Matter of Ash, 2022 NY Slip Op 06478 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Urooj Rahman — Matter of Rahman, 2022 NY Slip Op 06439 · First Department · Disbarred
• Colinford King Mattis — Matter of Mattis, 2022 NY Slip Op 06438 · First Department · Disbarred
• Alexander Elliott Kahn — Matter of Kahn, 2022 NY Slip Op 06310 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Thomas — Matter of Thomas, 2022 NY Slip Op 06251 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Angel Antonio Castro, Iii — Matter of Castro, 2022 NY Slip Op 06223 · First Department · Disbarred

Suspended (9)

• Aaron David Frishberg — Matter of Frishberg, 2022 NY Slip Op 06755 · First Department · Suspended
• Steven Jeffrey Kwestel — Matter of Kwestel, 2022 NY Slip Op 06639 · First Department · Suspended
• Matter of Evans — Matter of Evans, 2022 NY Slip Op 06624 · Fourth Department · Suspended for three years
• Robert John Hankes — Matter of Hankes, 2022 NY Slip Op 06536 · Third Department · Suspended for three years
• Andrew Ryan Corcoran — Matter of Corcoran, 2022 NY Slip Op 06437 · First Department · Suspended
• Wenxuan Yang — Matter of Yang, 2022 NY Slip Op 06308 · Third Department · Suspended — registration non-compliance
• Meghan Elaine Nayak — Matter of Nayak, 2022 NY Slip Op 06220 · Third Department · Suspended — registration non-compliance
• Frank Alex Tobias — Matter of Tobias, 2022 NY Slip Op 06219 · Third Department · Suspended for three years
• Matter of Lyons — Matter of Lyons, 2022 NY Slip Op 06130 · Second Department · Suspended for two years

Interim suspension (2)

• A Grant McCrea — Matter of McCrea, 2022 NY Slip Op 06756 · First Department · Interim suspension
• Nicholas R. Canizio — Matter of Canizio, 2022 NY Slip Op 06221 · Third Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (1)

• Matter of Sharon — Matter of Sharon, 2022 NY Slip Op 06622 · Fourth Department · Public censure

All months

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