Monthly report

Attorney discipline, October 2026

25 New York attorney discipline decisions in October 2026: 8 disbarred or resigned under investigation, 1 suspended, 1 censured, 0 reinstated. With links to each decision.

Disbarred or resigned under investigation (8)

• Gregory R. Watchman — Matter of Watchman, 2026 NY Slip Op 05846 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Daniel McManus Ryan — Matter of Ryan, 2026 NY Slip Op 05845 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Andrew J. Rodnite — Matter of Rodnite, 2026 NY Slip Op 05844 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Andrey V. Kuznetsov — Matter of Kuznetsov, 2026 NY Slip Op 05843 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Alice Marie Jones — Matter of Jones, 2026 NY Slip Op 05842 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Raoul Grifoni-Waterman — Matter of Grifoni-Waterman, 2026 NY Slip Op 05841 · Third Department · Disbarred
• Eugene N. Axelrod — Matter of Axelrod, 2026 NY Slip Op 05782 · Second Department · Disbarred
• David Smerling — Matter of Smerling, 2026 NY Slip Op 05601 · First Department · Disbarred

Suspended (1)

• John Martin Justin Shea — Matter of Shea, 2026 NY Slip Op 05797 · Second Department · Suspended for two years

Public censure (1)

• Jay Anthony Sanchez — Matter of Sanchez, 2026 NY Slip Op 05795 · Second Department · Public censure

Other decisions (15)

• Richard Alan Wittenburg — Matter of Wittenburg, 2026 NY Slip Op 05899 · Fourth Department · Disciplinary matter — see decision
• Donald Angelo Salamone — Matter of Salamone, 2026 NY Slip Op 05898 · Fourth Department · Disciplinary matter — see decision
• Allan Baldwin Cruikshank, Jr. — Matter of Cruikshank, 2026 NY Slip Op 05840 · Third Department · Private discipline referenced
• Matter of Sznitken — Matter of Sznitken, 2026 NY Slip Op 05673 · Fourth Department · Disciplinary matter — see decision
• Matter of Reynolds — Matter of Reynolds, 2026 NY Slip Op 05671 · Fourth Department · Disciplinary matter — see decision
• Thomas William Mayo — Matter of Mayo, 2026 NY Slip Op 05677 · Fourth Department · Disciplinary matter — see decision
• Matter of Lynch — Matter of Lynch, 2026 NY Slip Op 05670 · Fourth Department · Disciplinary matter — see decision
• Warren William Kurz — Matter of Kurz, 2026 NY Slip Op 05676 · Fourth Department · Disciplinary matter — see decision
• Matter of Kieffer — Matter of Kieffer, 2026 NY Slip Op 05679 · Fourth Department · Disciplinary matter — see decision
• Matter of Keller — Matter of Keller, 2026 NY Slip Op 05674 · Fourth Department · Disciplinary matter — see decision
• Matter of Johnston — Matter of Johnston, 2026 NY Slip Op 05710 · Fourth Department · Disciplinary matter — see decision
• Sheila Sullivan Dickinson — Matter of Dickinson, 2026 NY Slip Op 05672 · Fourth Department · Disciplinary matter — see decision
• Matter of Cunningham — Matter of Cunningham, 2026 NY Slip Op 05668 · Fourth Department · Disciplinary matter — see decision
• Howard Roy Crane — Matter of Crane, 2026 NY Slip Op 05678 · Fourth Department · Disciplinary matter — see decision
• John Firey Adkins — Matter of Adkins, 2026 NY Slip Op 05680 · Fourth Department · Disciplinary matter — see decision

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