Monthly report

Attorney discipline, September 2024

13 New York attorney discipline decisions in September 2024: 4 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 6 suspended, 1 censured, 1 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (4)

• Brian James Smith — Matter of Smith, 2024 NY Slip Op 04608 · First Department · Disbarred
• Matter of Flood — Matter of Flood, 2024 NY Slip Op 04554 · Second Department · Disbarred
• Allen Aleksey Gessen — Matter of Gessen, 2024 NY Slip Op 04485 · First Department · Disbarred
• David Thomas Schlendorf — Matter of Schlendorf, 2024 NY Slip Op 04396 · Second Department · Disbarred

Suspended (5)

• Colin Connor McNary — Matter of McNary, 2024 NY Slip Op 04606 · First Department · Suspended
• Kevin J. Fitzgerald — Matter of Fitzgerald, 2024 NY Slip Op 04553 · Second Department · Suspended for six months
• Ethan Ruby — Matter of Ruby, 2024 NY Slip Op 04486 · First Department · Suspended
• Matter of Salowski — Matter of Salowski, 2024 NY Slip Op 04395 · Second Department · Suspended for one year
• Daniel Goldsmith Ruggiero — Matter of Ruggiero, 2024 NY Slip Op 04394 · Second Department · Suspended for one year

Interim suspension (1)

• Jose Xavier Orochena — Matter of Orochena, 2024 NY Slip Op 04607 · First Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (1)

• Davion Shante Ebony Chism — Matter of Chism, 2024 NY Slip Op 04440 · First Department · Public censure

Reinstated (1)

• Christos P Kotsogiannis — Matter of Kotsogiannis, 2024 NY Slip Op 04436 · Third Department · Reinstated

Other decisions (1)

• Michael Salvatore Ciaccio — Matter of Ciaccio, 2024 NY Slip Op 04702 · Fourth Department · Disciplinary matter — see decision

All months

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