Opinion
1290/16 CA 16-00578
06-09-2017
MATTER OF ATTORNEYS IN VIOLATION OF JUDICIARY LAW § 468-a AND 22 NYCRR 118.1, RESPONDENTS. v. ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMITTEES FOR THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT, PETITIONER.
PRESENT: (Filed June 9, 2017.)
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Order of suspension entered. Per Curiam Opinion: In December 2016, 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 delinquency. By order entered December 27, 2016, this Court directed respondents to show cause in writing on or before March 1, 2017, why they should not be suspended for failing to comply with attorney registration requirements. Respondents either failed to respond in any fashion 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 AD3d 9, 10). Accordingly, we conclude that the respondents named on the attached list should be suspended until further order of this Court.
ATTORNEYS SUSPENDED FOR FAILING TO COMPLY
WITH ATTORNEY REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS IN VIOLATION OF JUDICIARY LAW § 468-a AND 22 NYCRR 118.1
Name Attorney Registration No. Year Admitted
ASCHER, RICHARD ALAN 1578392 1971
ASSENG, JEANNE LUCILLE 2950350 1999
BATTIS, MARY CASEY 2274496 1989
BERTRAM, AARON C. 2790822 1997
BOYKIN, CHERYL SYBIL RENE ANGELINE9788092 1998
BRENNER, JAMES DAVID 2092898 1987
CARR, GWENNOR LLOYD 2737385 1996
CHOI, HYUN T. 4160784 2003
CIESLICA, SUZANNE ELIZABETH FAMILO3578234 2006
CHASSIN, EDWARD L. 1157973 1970
CLAY, ANTOINETTE SARAH 4794285 2010
COHEN, DANIEL JAY 2310332 1990
COHEN BROWN, RANDI E. 2096220 1987
COLE, DONALD F. 3923265 2001
DAVIS, DEBORAH DUBOIS 1723055 1981
DALY, JOHN J. 2488401 1992
EHLERS, KIMBERLY DUFFIN 2373884 1990
FLATTERY, JOHN THEODORE 1817469 1968
GALLAGHER, FREDERICK CARLISLE 2474054 1992
GLAZER, AVRAM A. 2070233 1986
GOULD, MICHAEL A. 2050565 1986
GRAY, FREDERICK WILLIAM 1234129 1970
HAMILTON, WILLIAM G. 1466796 1975
HAND, BRENDAN CRULL 2659936 1995
HARGIS, J. SCOTT 2093847 1987
HARLEY, SCOTT F. 1356856 1978
HAYDEN, JAMES GRANT 2305084 1990
HEALY, THOMAS A. 1329945 1970
HOMER, KATHLEEN ANN 2786416 1996
HOOVER, ERIC NORD 2475077 1992
JASON, ADAM PHILLIP 4878682 2011
KELLY, KEVIN RALPH 2307528 1990
KNIESER, SARAH ELIZABETH 3969136 2003
KOLB, MARY ANNE 1857770 1983
KONSTANTINOU, JEANIE 2812014 1997
LOZADA, JOSE MARI CAUSING 2613578 1991
MACLEAN, RYAN 4800793 2010
MASON, MARCIE JAN 2874683 1998
MCCOMBS, ALLAN MICHAEL 1524438 1975
MCGRATH, MARK ROBERT 2587129 1994
MERCIER, RACHELLE SUZANNE 4487963 2007
MOON, DEBORAH A. 1877174 1983
OKO, JOAN ANN 1904218 1984
OOYAMA, CLARA MICHIKO 2325736 1990
PACHER, ELIZABETH IVERSON 3912185 2001
PETROTTA, MICHELLE ANNE 4712501 2009
PURDY, ASHLEY BURNS 4389557 2006
RODMAN, SCOTT D. 1915941 1984
ROWNTREE, NICHOLAS 1720804 1980
RUDIN, STANLEY ROBERT 1602010 1965
SAKR, ANTOUN JAMES 4326351 2005
SANTARO, ANTHONY SAMUEL, JR. 2485076 1992
SCHMIDT, BERTEL H. X. 2159101 1988
SCHOFIELD, SARAH FALK 3892551 2000
SCHWANEBECK, ELLEN JOHANNA 2950277 1999
SMITH, KEVIN ERIC 2733574 1996
SMITH, SCOTT M. 2583854 1994
STARR, PATRICIA JENNINGS 2035111 1986
STREIT, AARON MICHAEL 4807087 2010
TRAUB, STEFANIE BISHOP 4517199 2007
VALBY, ERIC L. 4493474 2007
WALLEN, JOHN C. 1560903 1975
WEINSTEIN, DAVID PAUL 2044667 1986
WEISE, LESLIE ANNE 2584480 1994
WELCH, RICHARD T. 4389474 2005
WEST, ALVA C. 1567494 1977
WILLIAMS, KEITH D. 1734854 1981
WISCHMEYER, DERECK ALLYN 4725693 2009