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Attorney Discipline and Professional Responsibility
Attorney admission, discipline, fees and legal malpractice are filed here, including decisions on professional obligations and claims against lawyers.
Judicial discipline and standards of judicial conduct are grouped here, including review of determinations concerning a judge’s fitness to remain in office.
For Attorney Discipline and Professional Responsibility, Law Watch lists 68 indexable decisions dated February 10, 2026 to November 12, 2026 across 17 decision weeks.
150 decision records: 68 meet the substance floor; 82 records are held from search listings.
The records below come from 7 courts and include both primary and secondary area classifications.
This collection also includes Judicial Conduct.
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- Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a. (Shujing Wang)2026 NY Slip Op 06611
The court granted the respondent’s motion for reinstatement after determining by clear and convincing evidence that she satisfied the requisite character and fitness standards. The court further found that reinstatement would be in the public interest, ordering her reinstatement effective immediately.
- Matter of Lerner2026 NY Slip Op 06516
The court granted David A. Lerner’s application to resign from the New York bar for nondisciplinary reasons. His name was stricken from the roll of attorneys and he was ordered to desist from the practice of law in the State of New York.
- Matter of Wagner2026 NY Slip Op 06512
The court granted the attorney’s application for permission to resign from the New York bar for nondisciplinary reasons. Consequently, the attorney’s name was stricken from the roll of attorneys and he was commanded to desist from the practice of law in the state.
- Matter of Moy2026 NY Slip Op 06510
The court granted the attorney’s application to resign from the New York bar for nondisciplinary reasons. Consequently, his name was stricken from the roll of attorneys and he was commanded to desist from the practice of law in the state.
- Matter of Groovy Vibes, LLC v New York City Sheriff’s Office2026 NY Slip Op 06523
The Appellate Division reversed the lower court’s award of attorneys’ fees because the petitioner failed to assert any substantial federal constitutional claim in its CPLR article 78 petition. Since the petitioner only raised federal arguments after judgment in support of the fee motion, the court lacked authority to award fees under 42 USC § 1988.
- Matter of Polizzotto & Polizzotto, LLC v Kohn2026 NY Slip Op 06443
The Appellate Division reversed the lower court’s apportionment of attorney’s fees, finding that the outgoing attorney’s contributions were proportionally and substantively greater than the current attorney’s. The court awarded the outgoing attorney 83⅓% of the net contingency fee and the current attorney 16⅔%.
- Matter of Licatesi Law Group, LLP v Bachu, Bedesi & Nguyen2026 NY Slip Op 06440
The Appellate Division affirmed the lower court’s award of 100% of the net contingency fee to the original law firm because it established that the settlement was achieved solely through its efforts. The subsequent law firm failed to provide time records or other evidence to demonstrate their contribution to the outcome.
- Matter of Harris2026 NY Slip Op 06438
The court imposed reciprocal disbarment on the respondent based on his consent to disbarment in New Jersey for misappropriating client funds and other misconduct. The court found that the respondent’s failure to respond to the order to show cause warranted immediate disbarment and striking his name from the roll of attorneys.