Monthly report

Attorney discipline, August 2025

16 New York attorney discipline decisions in August 2025: 3 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 8 suspended, 4 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (3)

• Matter of Van Emmerik — Matter of Van Emmerik, 2025 NY Slip Op 04754 · First Department · Disbarred
• Tong-Hyon Suh — Matter of Suh, 2025 NY Slip Op 04753 · First Department · Disbarred
• Regina L. Darby — Matter of Darby, 2025 NY Slip Op 04751 · First Department · Disbarred

Suspended (8)

• Max William Spaeth — Matter of Spaeth, 2025 NY Slip Op 04837 · Second Department · Suspended for two years
• William James Furber, Iii — Matter of Furber, 2025 NY Slip Op 04786 · Second Department · Suspended for six months
• Matthew David Barocas — Matter of Barocas, 2025 NY Slip Op 04750 · First Department · Suspended for one year
• Peter Franklin Edelman — Matter of Edelman, 2025 NY Slip Op 04752 · First Department · Suspended for three months
• Benjamin Emmanuel Thwaites — Matter of Thwaites, 2025 NY Slip Op 04726 · Second Department · Suspended for six months
• Darmin T. Bachu — Matter of Bachu, 2025 NY Slip Op 04721 · Second Department · Suspended for two years
• Steven William Stutman — Matter of Stutman, 2025 NY Slip Op 04655 · Second Department · Suspended for six months
• Patricia Ann O'Brien — Matter of O'Brien, 2025 NY Slip Op 04651 · Second Department · Suspended for two years

Public censure (4)

• Eddie A. Pantiliat — Matter of Pantiliat, 2025 NY Slip Op 04791 · Second Department · Public censure
• Guljit Kaur Bains — Matter of Bains, 2025 NY Slip Op 04783 · Second Department · Public censure
• Tejinder Singh Bains — Matter of Bains, 2025 NY Slip Op 04782 · Second Department · Public censure
• Suzann Leigh Beckett — Matter of Beckett, 2025 NY Slip Op 04605 · Third Department · Public censure

Other decisions (1)

• Devon Joseph Casertino — Matter of Casertino, 2025 NY Slip Op 04834 · Third Department · Disciplinary matter — see decision

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