Monthly report

Attorney discipline, January 2026

11 New York attorney discipline decisions in January 2026: 2 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 4 suspended, 4 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (2)

• Chander Paul Singh — Matter of Singh, 2026 NY Slip Op 00182 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Janet Lindsay Richardson-Vargas — Matter of Richardson-Vargas, 2026 NY Slip Op 00019 · First Department · Disbarred

Suspended (3)

• Xiaofang Zhong — Matter of Zhong, 2026 NY Slip Op 00447 · First Department · Suspended for six months
• Richard E St. Paul — Matter of St. Paul, 2026 NY Slip Op 00250 · Second Department · Suspended for two years
• Steven Howard Richman — Matter of Richman, 2026 NY Slip Op 00135 · Second Department · Suspended for two years

Interim suspension (1)

• Jacqueline M Hansen Bukowski — Matter of Bukowski, 2026 NY Slip Op 00444 · First Department · Interim suspension

Public censure (4)

• William James MacNaughton — Matter of MacNaughton, 2026 NY Slip Op 00446 · First Department · Public censure
• Garrett James Bradley — Matter of Bradley, 2026 NY Slip Op 00046 · Third Department · Public censure
• Margarita Claribel Tejada — Matter of Tejada, 2026 NY Slip Op 00020 · First Department · Public censure
• Paul R. Rajan — Matter of Rajan, 2026 NY Slip Op 00018 · First Department · Public censure

Other decisions (1)

• Michael Louis Rothenberg — Matter of Rothenberg, 2026 NY Slip Op 00184 · Third Department · Reinstatement denied

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