Monthly report

Attorney discipline, January 2023

8 New York attorney discipline decisions in January 2023: 2 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 4 suspended, 0 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (2)

• Christopher Steven Jones — Matter of Jones, 2023 NY Slip Op 00361 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Sanford Solny — Matter of Solny, 2023 NY Slip Op 00034 · First Department · Disbarred

Suspended (2)

• Jerry Ray Hamling — Matter of Hamling, 2023 NY Slip Op 00368 · Third Department · Suspended
• Tzadok Sofer — Matter of Sofer, 2023 NY Slip Op 00033 · First Department · Suspended

Interim suspension (2)

• Paul Saul Haar — Matter of Haar, 2023 NY Slip Op 00365 · Third Department · Interim suspension
• Michael Alan Jimenez — Matter of Jimenez, 2023 NY Slip Op 00032 · First Department · Interim suspension

Other decisions (2)

• John A. Aretakis — Matter of Aretakis, 2023 NY Slip Op 00366 · Third Department · Relief denied / proceeding dismissed
• Jeffrey Thomas Lacroix — Matter of Canale, 2023 NY Slip Op 00142 · Third Department · Disciplinary matter — see decision

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