Matter of Attorneys In Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a and 22 NYCRR 118.1, Attorney Grievance Comms. for The Fourth Jud. Dept. ( 2017 )

Matter of Attorneys In Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a and 22 NYCRR 118.1, Respondents. Attorney Grievance Comms. for The Fourth Jud. Dept., Petitioner. (2017 NY Slip Op 04749)

Matter of Attorneys In Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a & 22 Nycrr 118.1, Respondents. Attorney Grievance Comms. for The Fourth Jud. Dept., Petitioner.

2017 NY Slip Op 04749

Decided on June 9, 2017

Appellate Division, Fourth Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on June 9, 2017 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., CARNI, DEJOSEPH, NEMOYER, AND TROUTMAN, JJ. (Filed June 9, 2017.)
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[*1]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.

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