Monthly report
Attorney discipline, March 2025
14 New York attorney discipline decisions in March 2025: 4 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 6 suspended, 3 censured, 1 reinstated. With links to each decision.
Disbarred or resigned under investigation (4)
- John H. Hersh — Matter of Hersh, 2025 NY Slip Op 01635 · Second Department · Disbarred
- Laura M. Rys — Matter of Rys, 2025 NY Slip Op 01582 · First Department · Disbarred
- Michael Orrin King, Jr. — Matter of King, 2025 NY Slip Op 01426 · First Department · Disbarred
- Herbert G. Pitkowsky — Matter of Pitkowsky, 2025 NY Slip Op 01373 · Second Department · Disbarred
Suspended (6)
- William Wyman Cobb — Matter of Cobb, 2025 NY Slip Op 01803 · Second Department · Suspended for two years
- Steven Cohn — Matter of Cohn, 2025 NY Slip Op 01627 · Second Department · Suspended for six months
- Michael Alan Jimenez — Matter of Jimenez, 2025 NY Slip Op 01581 · First Department · Suspended for three years
- Robert Anthony Walters — Matter of Walters, 2025 NY Slip Op 01320 · First Department · Suspended
- Jeff Jinsoo Shim — Matter of Shim, 2025 NY Slip Op 01274 · Third Department · Suspended — registration non-compliance
- Mary Margaret Cobb — Matter of Cobb, 2025 NY Slip Op 01273 · Third Department · Suspended — registration non-compliance
Public censure (3)
- Matthew Thomas Wait — Matter of Wait, 2025 NY Slip Op 01583 · First Department · Public censure
- Vinoo P. Varghese — Matter of Varghese, 2025 NY Slip Op 01427 · First Department · Public censure
- Herbert G. Pitkowsky — Matter of Pitkowsky, 2025 NY Slip Op 01372 · Second Department · Public censure
Reinstated (1)
- Richard A. Roberts — Matter of Roberts, 2025 NY Slip Op 01374 · Second Department · Reinstated
Source: NY Official Reports (Law Reporting Bureau); current as of October 2026.