Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M163383

E/ct

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO,

REINALDO E. RIVERA

PETER B. SKELOS

MARK C. DILLON, JJ.

2012-11400 In the Matter of Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law who are alleged to be in violation of the Judiciary Law § 468-a .

DECISION & ORDER ON APPLICATION

Application by the Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial District to suspend certain attorneys and counselors-at-law from the practice of law for their failure to comply with the attorney registration requirements, in violation of Judiciary Law §§ 90(2) and 468-a. By decision and order on motion dated May 21, 2013, this Court directed that (1) service upon the attorneys and counselors-at-law listed herein below with a notice of petition and petition, as well as a copy of the decision and order on motion be effected by publication in the New York Law Journal, and (2) in accordance with the aforesaid notice of petition and petition, upon the failure of any attorney or counselor-at-law listed in the published notice to submit proof establishing his or her full compliance with all registration requirements under Judiciary Law § 468-a, together with an explanation of his or her failure to respond to the previous notifications of default, within 30 days of the last day of publication of the notice, the Court would, upon application of the Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial District made without notice, issue an order immediately suspending such attorney from the practice of law in the State of New York.

Pursuant to the decision and order on motion dated May 21, 2013, the names and addresses of the attorneys and counselors-at-law, listed herein below, were published, together with the notice of petition, the petition, and a copy of the decision and order on motion dated May 21, 2013, in the New York Law Journal between May 28, 2013, and May 30, 2013, and then re-published commencing on June 4, 2013, for five consecutive business days through June 10, 2013. None of the attorneys and counselors-at-law listed herein below have submitted proof establishing his or her compliance with the registration requirements of Judiciary Law § 468-a, or otherwise responded to the notice of petition and petition.

Upon the papers filed in support of the application, it is

ORDERED that the application is granted; and it is further,

ORDERED that pursuant to Judiciary Law §§ 90(2) and 468-a, the attorneys and counselors-at-law whose names are listed herein below are immediately suspended from the practice of law in the State of New York until further order of this Court, and it is further,

ORDERED that the attorneys and counselors-at-law whose names are listed herein below shall promptly comply with this Court's rules governing the conduct of disbarred, suspended,

and resigned attorneys (see 22 NYCRR 691.10); and it is further,

ORDERED that pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90, during the period of suspension and until further order of this Court, the attorneys and counselors-at-law whose names are listed herein below are commanded to desist and refrain from (1) practicing law in any form, either as principal or agent, clerk, or employee of another, (2) appearing as an attorney or counselor-at-law before any court, Judge, Justice, board, commission, or other public authority, (3) giving to another an opinion as to the law or its application, or any advice in relation thereto, and (4) holding himself or herself out in any way as an attorney and counselor-at-law; and it is further,

ORDERED that any attorney and counselor-at-law whose name is listed herein below who has been issued secure pass by the Office of Court Administration shall return the secure pass forthwith to the issuing agency and the attorney shall certify to the same in his or her affidavit of compliance pursuant to 22 NYCRR 691.10(f).

Attorney Names Attorney Registration Numbers

Lola Jadesola Adeleye 2884047

Erika Joel Adkins 2853885

Thomas Robert Asher 1546779

Chris Au 2753309

Judith Carole Augspurger 2609006

Patrick Michael Barnett 3991288

Donald Vail Barrett 1203165

Zimra Baskin 2448520

Ramsey N. Beck 3065554

Beatrice Lilly Belcher 2777977

Charles Douglas Berger 3989563

Helen Ann Berman 1387760

Maureen Theresa Blaney 2204089

Philip R. Bosco 1903673

Mark Howard Brenner 1947803

Catherine A Brienza 2297026

Howard Bromberg 1955228

David Brooks 2522514

Guangyu Cai 3961513

Lori Caratzola (admitted as Lori Ann Gordon) 2105997

Siobhan Marie Casey 2875433

Khari Morrell Clay 2911279

Joseph Colacurcio 2801694

Deidre Nicole Cooper 2839330

Anthony F. Cottone 2026433

Aubrey J. Craig 1880384

Thomas M. Creamer 1690221

Harlon L. Dalton 1952415

Ferdinand DeBerardinis 1824069

Margaret Defilippis (admitted as Margaret Grunmeier) 2233310

Mary Jane Delaney 2126183

Frank X. Derwin 1601285

Edward James Dosch 2645521

Nanaama Boama Dowuona 2914968

Eric D. Drilling 2558849

Bethany Danielle Drucker 4044764

Claudia D. Egerer 2051993

Clinton Harvey Elliott 2569341

Anne Werneke Elwell 2156263

Juan Carlos Espinoza 4036174

Guang-Yeu Sterry Fang 2501641

Raphael A. Felli 2936672

Edward Samuel Fischman 2531713

Julie Eyer Fletcher (admitted as Julie Elin Eyer) 2294817

Philip J. Foley 3015070

Lawrence Joseph Galardi 1977941

Karen Maureen Garcia 2594026

Donna Marie George 2251916

James Gerard Goettel 2052561

Thomas Gonzoph 2039113

Michael P. Gordon 4017166

Sharon Bethea Graddy 2141364

Eric L. Grahame 1713007

C. Matthew Guillen 2312296

Jeanette A. Gyles 2936326

Lawrence Scott Hartman 2396570

Patricia A. Hynes (admitted as Patricia Drankoski Bieley) 2518181

Heejung Kim 4188819

David Howard Klein 1365485

William Livingston 1108992

Kerry Delia MacNamara 2912384

Peter Michael Madden 1272293

Johanne Maree O'Dea 3038353

Emmanuel Osei 2800720

Steven Poulin 4440301

Don F. Rowley 2186385

Jennifer Cynthia Warren 2530244

Marcia Yoder 2764462

ENG, P.J., MASTRO, RIVERA, SKELOS and DILLON, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court