Opinion
No. 907 CA 21-01743
11-18-2022
MATTER OF ATTORNEYS IN VIOLATION OF JUDICIARY LAW § 468-a AND 22 NYCRR 118.1, RESPONDENTS. ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMITTEES FOR THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT, PETITIONER.
PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., PERADOTTO, NEMOYER, WINSLOW, AND MONTOUR, JJ. (Filed Nov. 18, 2022.)
OPINION AND ORDER
Order of suspension entered.
Per Curiam
Opinion: In March 2022, the Grievance Committees applied to this Court for an order directing the respondents named on the attached list to show cause why they should not be suspended from the practice of law on the grounds that they violated Judiciary Law § 468-a and 22 NYCRR 118.1 by failing to comply with attorney registration requirements, and that they failed to respond to numerous written inquiries from the Office of Court Administration and the Grievance Committees concerning their registration delinquency. By order entered April 28, 2022, this Court directed respondents to show cause in writing on or before August 1, 2022, why they should not be suspended for failing to comply with attorney registration requirements. Respondents either failed to respond to the show cause order or otherwise failed to show cause why they should not be suspended.
The failure to comply with attorney registration requirements violates Judiciary Law § 468-a and 22 NYCRR 118.1 and constitutes conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice warranting the imposition of discipline (see Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a , 54 A.D.3d 9, 10 [4th Dept 2008]). Accordingly, we conclude that the respondents named on the attached list should be suspended, effective immediately, and until further order of this Court.
Name
Registration ID
Year
Admitted Adiutori, Candace Marie
3954278
2001
Ames, Sr., Peter A.
1879576
1983
Assefa, Yohannes
4064408
2002
Bains, Sachpreet Singh
5304100
2015
Benigno, Anthony Michael
1859222
1983
Cadin, Luke James
4980314
2012
Clarke, Hillary Gardiner
2505006
1992
Cohen, Michelle Ruth
2649416
1995
Colabufo, Paul John
4274197
2005
Collins, Thomas George
1692052
1978
Douglas, David Colin
1341122
1976
Dudeck, Joshua Lawrence
4808457
2010
Dutcher, Jay Frederick
2886281
1998
Feger, Karen Beth
4111456
2003
Frood, Neil Stewart
3009040
2000
Greenhouse, Andrew Alan
4123766
2003
Gucciardo, John
1742170
1981
Heald, Timothy P.
2049161
1986
Herzbrun, Yonatan Shai
5362025
2015
Kerwick, Ann Marie
1898543
1977
Klein, Pamela Jeanne
2424166
1991
Knauf, Katharine Ruth
4387049
2006
Kouwe, Robert E.
1779701
1982
Lamitie, William John
2552602
1993
Lehouillier, Patric Jaymes
2259711
1975
Marzullo, Thomas G.
1842798
1983
McElroy, Melinda L.
2938298
1999
Murray, Nicola Rosemarie
4233532
2004
Odojewski (Mical), Alison Lorraine
3055308
2000
Primo, Steven James
2003481
1985
Readling, John Anthony
4206637
2004
Remmling, Marc Erik
2645778
1995
Rodriguez, Angela L.
2604742
1994
Schaller, Pamela Susan
4812152
2010
Tuppen, James Lawrence
1603752
1978
Young, Therese A.
5360680
2015