Monthly report
Attorney discipline, February 2026
10 New York attorney discipline decisions in February 2026: 4 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 3 suspended, 3 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.
Disbarred or resigned under investigation (4)
- Terrance Joseph Dougherty — Matter of Dougherty, 2026 NY Slip Op 00893 · Second Department · Disbarred
- Matter of DeRose — Matter of DeRose, 2026 NY Slip Op 00762 · Fourth Department · Resigned while under investigation (treated as disbarment)
- Kevin Scott Johnson — Matter of Johnson, 2026 NY Slip Op 00776 · Second Department · Disbarred
- Jamie T. Ferrara — Matter of Ferrara, 2026 NY Slip Op 00507 · Second Department · Disbarred
Suspended (2)
- Simone Tizes — Matter of Gold, 2026 NY Slip Op 00895 · Second Department · Suspended for five years
- Christopher David Sposato — Matter of Sposato, 2026 NY Slip Op 00783 · Second Department · Suspended for five years
Interim suspension (1)
- William M. Pinzler — Matter of Pinzler, 2026 NY Slip Op 00583 · First Department · Interim suspension
Public censure (3)
- Allan Baldwin Cruikshank, Jr. — Matter of Cruikshank, 2026 NY Slip Op 00650 · Third Department · Public censure
- Omid Zareh — Matter of Zareh, 2026 NY Slip Op 00619 · First Department · Public censure
- Jianming Shen — Matter of Shen, 2026 NY Slip Op 00618 · First Department · Public censure
Source: NY Official Reports (Law Reporting Bureau); current as of October 2026.