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LIST
OF DISCIPLINED PRACTITIONERS
*
= denotes practitioner(s) most recently disciplined
The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) has recently
taken certain disciplinary action against six attorneys after charging them
with violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct for immigration practitioners.
Disciplinary proceedings against one attorney were set aside. Another attorney’s
proceedings were terminated. The Rules of Professional Conduct appear in Title
8 of the Code of Federal Regulations (8 CFR Parts 1003 and 1292). In most cases,
the disciplinary action is initiated as a result of sanctions imposed by other
jurisdictions or a criminal conviction.
Although the disciplinary process may vary according to the specific circumstances
of each case, generally it includes the following steps:
Disciplinary proceedings begin with a Notice of Intent to Discipline filed
with the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) by the Office of the General Counsel
of either EOIR or U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department
of Homeland Security (DHS). The BIA requires the attorney to respond to the
alleged violations. In some cases, a Petition for Immediate Suspension also
is filed and the BIA orders the attorney to be suspended immediately from practice
before the immigration courts, the BIA, and the DHS. (DHS joins EOIR in taking
the disciplinary action.) Disciplined attorneys are directed to notify promptly,
in writing, their clients with pending immigration cases that they may no longer
represent them before the BIA, the immigration courts, or the DHS. Disciplined
attorneys must petition and be reinstated by the BIA before they can resume
the practice of law before the BIA, the immigration courts, and the DHS.
For more information about a practitioner's
disciplinary history, click on the date highlighted in blue.
For more information about the
Executive Office for Immigration Review's Attorney Discipline Program,
click on these links: Rules for
Professional Conduct & Professional
Conduct for Immigration Practitioners - Factsheet
| NAME |
CITY/STATE |
DATE IMMED.
SUSPENSION IMPOSED |
FINAL DISCIPLINE
IMPOSED |
EFFECTIVE
DATE OF DISCIPLINE |
REINSTATED? |
| Philip
Dennis Abramowitz |
Los Angeles,
CA |
------------ |
Expelled |
9/26/07 |
No |
| Richard
Acevedo |
San Antonio,
TX |
10/8/02 |
Suspended
- 5 years |
10/8/02 |
No |
| Mohamed
Alamgir |
District
of Columbia |
------------ |
Expelled |
7/9/04 |
No |
| Stephen
J. Alexander |
Los Angeles,
CA |
9/16/05 |
Expelled |
9/16/05 |
No |
| Rita H.
Altman |
Florida |
10/30/06 |
Indefinite
Suspension |
10/30/06 |
Yes - 9/14/07 |
| Anthony
Alvarez |
Florida |
8/15/07 |
Suspended
- 90 days |
8/15/07 |
No |
| Grosvenor
Anschell |
Washington
|
11/30/00 |
Suspended
- 2 years |
11/30/00 |
No |
| Derrick
G. Arjune |
New York |
8/11/05 |
|
|
|
| Chris Asher |
District
of Columbia/ Maryland |
7/30/01 |
Suspended
- 5 years |
7/30/01 |
No |
| Frank A.K.
Awuah |
District
of Columbia/ Maryland |
10/1/01 |
Indefinite
Suspension |
10/1/01 |
No |
| Mikre-Michael
Ayele |
Virginia |
7/12/06 |
Suspended
- 1 year and 1 day |
7/12/06 |
No |
| Jordan
N. Baker |
Virginia |
11/16/04 |
Expelled |
12/7/04 |
No |
| Michael
T. Barrett |
Oregon |
10/4/01 |
Indefinite
Suspension |
10/4/01 |
No |
| Sharon
Bartu |
Washington |
6/15/01 |
Suspended
- 6 months |
6/15/01 |
No |
| Mario Antonio
Bautista |
San Francisco,
CA |
12/2/05 |
Indefinite
Suspension |
12/2/05 |
No |
| Mitchil
O. Bechet |
New York |
12/21/00 |
|
|
|
| Chaim Howard
Berglas |
New York |
5/11/05 |
Suspended
- 1 year |
5/11/05 |
No |
| Kathleen
L. Bilbe |
Louisiana |
------------ |
Suspended
- 5 years |
6/2/98 |
No |
| Roy L.
Bischoff |
Utah/Nevada |
6/27/05 |
Expelled |
6/27/05 |
No |
| Ann Bitterman |
Florida |
3/18/05 |
Suspended
- 91 days |
3/18/05 |
No |
| Ira Sylvester
Brackens |
San Francisco,
CA |
7/24/03 |
Suspended
- 18 months |
7/24/03 |
No |
| David L.
Brehmer |
Minnesota |
3/8/01 |
Indefinite
Suspension |
3/8/01 |
No |
| Marcia
Jean Brinkley |
Texas/San
Diego, CA |
2/17/05 |
Suspended
- 5 years |
2/17/05 |
No |
| Brenda
C. Brisbon |
Maryland |
5/12/05 |
Indefinite
Suspension |
5/12/05 |
No |
| David Eric
Brockway |
Los Angeles,
CA |
11/17/06 |
Expelled |
11/17/06 |
No |
| Deloris
A. Brown |
District
of Columbia |
5/7/01 |
Indefinite
Suspension |
5/7/01 |
No |
| Dennis
Detmer Burchard |
San Diego,
CA |
4/8/03 |
Suspended
- 9 months |
4/8/03 |
No |
| Bruce C.
Burge |
San Francisco,
CA |
------------ |
Suspended
- 6 months |
10/23/03 |
No |
| David Keith
Burgess |
San Francisco,
CA |
11/7/02 |
|
|
|
| Martha
L. Burns |
Minnesota |
12/7/01 |
Suspended
- 9 months |
12/7/01 |
No |
| Walter
Burrier |
Connecticut/
Los Angeles, CA |
5/13/05 |
Suspended
- 1 year |
5/13/05 |
No |
| Carlos
H. Caceres |
Maryland |
12/13/06 |
Indefinite
Suspension |
12/13/06 |
No |
| Nancy Carper
|
Illinios |
6/21/06 |
Suspended
- 3 years |
6/21/06 |
No |
| Joel H.
Cavadel |
Pennsylvania |
------------ |
Suspended
- 9 months |
11/14/05 |
No |
| Juan Chacon |
Sacramento,
CA |
11/20/06 |
Suspended
- 1 year |
11/20/06 |
No |
| Manlin
Chee |
North Carolina |
3/18/05 |
Expelled |
3/18/05 |
No |
| Carroll
A. Clark |
Arizona |
------------ |
Suspended
- 6 months and 1 day |
11/5/04 |
No |
| P. Lee
Clay |
West Virginia |
9/13/06 |
Indefinite
Suspension |
9/13/06 |
No |
| Marsden
Coates |
Maryland |
1/24/05 |
Expelled |
1/24/05 |
No |
| Elizabeth
Cohen |
New York |
4/27/07 |
Expelled |
4/27/07 |
No |
| Marshall
Lawrence Cohen |
Florida/Georgia |
11/8/05 |
Suspended
- 5 years |
4/25/05 |
No |
| Kemakolan
Comas |
New York |
3/1/05 |
Expelled |
3/1/05 |
No |
| Richard
Paul Condon |
Florida |
7/19/06 |
Suspended
- 5 years |
7/19/06 |
No |
| Nathan
D. Cooper |
Missouri |
9/26/07 |
|
|
|
| Antonio
Cortez |
El Paso,
TX |
11/4/04 |
Suspended
- 12 months |
11/4/04 |
No |
| Robert
A. Cox |
Missouri |
10/30/06 |
Suspended
- 2 years |
10/30/06 |
No |
| Baird Cuber |
New York |
6/27/05 |
Expelled |
6/27/05 |
No |
| Paul Howard
Curtis |
Los Angeles,
CA |
7/16/03 |
Suspended
- 6 months |
7/16/03 |
No |
| Lester
Walter Czapelski |
New Jersey |
2/18/04 |
|
|
|
| Marcia
Lynn Czapelski |
New Jersey |
2/18/04 |
|
|
|
| Edward
Daneri |
San Antonio,
TX |
4/30/03 |
Suspended
- 5 years |
4/30/03 |
No |
| Royal Daniel,
III |
Colorado |
7/6/07 |
|
|
|
| Dan P.
Danilov |
Washington |
9/25/03 |
|
|
No |
| Sergei
Danilov |
District
of Columbia/Maryland |
9/13/06 |
Expelled |
9/13/06 |
No |
| Reginald
Egan Darbonne |
Florida |
12/1/00 |
Suspended
- 5 years |
12/1/00 |
No |
| Earl S.
David |
New York |
------------ |
Suspended
- 15 months |
7/9/04 |
No |
| Charles
C. Day |
Florida |
11/29/06 |
Expelled |
11/29/06 |
No |
| Howard
D. Deutsch |
New York |
5/30/01 |
|
|
|
| Drew S.
Diehl |
Ohio |
8/12/05 |
Suspended
- 2 years |
8/12/05 |
No |
| James C.
Dragon |
Massachussetts |
1/30/03 |
Indefinite
Suspension |
10/29/03 |
No |
| Allen Ebert
|
District
of Columbia |
7/12/06 |
Suspended
- 5 years |
7/12/06 |
No |
| Grisel
S. Echavarria |
Wisconsin |
3/28/05 |
Expelled |
3/28/05 |
No |
| Irving
Edelman |
New York |
------------ |
Indefinite
Suspension |
7/10/96 |
No |
| Aloysius
O. Ejimakor |
Maryland |
------------ |
Suspended
- 9 months |
1/8/04 |
No |
| Richard
M. Elinski |
Los Angeles,
CA |
9/14/07 |
Expelled |
9/14/07 |
No |
| Allan M.
Elster |
Florida |
12/1/00 |
Suspended
- 3 years |
12/1/00 |
No |
| Kelechi
Charles Emeziem |
San Francisco,
CA |
12/5/06 |
Suspended
- 18 months |
12/5/06 |
No |
| Ronald
Fanta |
New York |
12/2/05 |
Expelled |
12/2/05 |
No |
| Luis Alberto
Flores |
New York |
6/12/06 |
Indefinite
Suspension |
6/12/06 |
No |
| Irwin Jay
Fredman |
Maryland/District
of Columbia
|
1/11/06 |
Expelled |
1/11/06 |
No |
| Paul Ira
Freedman |
New York |
9/18/01 |
Expelled |
9/18/01 |
No |
| Miguel
Gadda |
San Francisco,
CA |
10/2/01 |
Expelled |
7/8/03 |
No |
| Virginia
Gago |
New York |
2/2/06 |
Expelled |
2/2/06 |
No |
| Edward
P. Gallagher |
Maryland |
3/3/05 |
Expelled |
3/3/05 |
No |
| Jorge H.
Galvez |
Utah |
1/30/06 |
Indefinite
Suspension |
1/30/06 |
No |
| Maximiliano
S. Garcia |
Arizona/California |
10/7/05 |
|
|
|
| Ruben John
Garcia |
San Antonio,
TX |
6/15/01 |
Suspended
- 5 years |
6/15/01 |
No |
| William
R. Gardner |
San Francisco,
CA |
3/8/01 |
Suspended
- 6 months |
10/19/00 |
No |
| Richard
F. Garza |
Dallas,
TX |
3/7/06 |
Suspended
- 5 years |
3/7/06 |
No |
| Alexander
Goldman |
Illinois |
11/22/05 |
Expelled |
11/22/05 |
No |
| Wendy B.
Golenbock |
Massachusetts |
4/17/02 |
Suspended
- 8 years |
4/17/02 |
No |
| Maria I.
Gonzalez |
New Jersey/New York
|
3/1/07 |
Suspended
- 3 months |
2/24/07 |
Yes - 6/14/07 |
| Jeffrey
Gonzalez-Perez |
Virginia |
8/4/04 |
Suspended
- 2 years |
8/4/04 |
No |
| Justin
Edward Gould |
Florida |
2/5/07 |
Suspended
- 90 days |
11/12/06 |
Yes - 3/7/07 |
| Nicholas
C. Grapsas |
Wisconsin |
9/15/00 |
Suspended
- 6 months |
9/15/00 |
No |
| Charles
A. Grutman |
New York |
6/6/02 |
Suspended
- 7 years |
6/6/02 |
No |
| Rosalynn
D. Guillen |
Washington |
10/29/01 |
Suspended
- 5 years |
10/29/01 |
No |
| Cheryl
Handy |
Illinois |
1/24/05 |
Suspended
- 1 year |
1/24/05 |
No |
| Hanna Z.
Hanna |
New York |
4/30/03 |
Suspended
- 3 years |
4/30/03 |
No |
| Alfred
L. Hansen |
Louisiana/San
Francisco, CA |
1/10/05 |
Suspended
- 2 years |
1/10/05 |
No |
| Kweku Hanson
|
Connecticut |
6/8/07 |
|
|
|
| Alan J.
Harris |
New York |
2/21/06 |
Indefinite
Suspension |
2/21/06 |
No |
| Bita L.
Hoffman |
San Diego,
CA |
4/11/07 |
Expelled |
4/11/07 |
No |
| Yali Huang |
Houston,
Texas |
9/14/07 |
Expelled |
9/14/07 |
No |
| Michael
C. Hyde |
Florida |
9/9/04 |
Suspended
- 30 days |
9/9/04 |
No |
| Richard
Allen James |
District
of Columbia/ Maryland |
6/15/01 |
Suspended
- 5 years |
6/15/01 |
No |
| Carlos
Jean-Joseph |
Florida |
4/27/07 |
Suspended
- 120 days |
4/27/07 |
No |
| Larry Johnson
|
New York |
5/19/06 |
Suspended
- 7 years |
5/19/06 |
No |
| Walter
T. Johnson, Jr. |
North Carolina |
3/19/04 |
Suspended
- 1 year |
3/19/04 |
No |
| Alake Johnson-Ford |
District
of Columbia |
9/15/00 |
Suspended
- 5 years |
9/15/00 |
No |
| Margot
S. Jones |
Pennsylvania |
6/27/06 |
Suspended
- 2 years |
6/27/06 |
No |
| Thomas
Christopher Jones |
Illinois |
10/6/04 |
Suspended
- 30 months |
10/06/04 |
No |
| Keith G.
Jordan |
San Francisco,
CA |
7/20/07 |
|
|
|
| Lijyasu
Kandekore |
Florida |
11/30/00 |
Indefinite
Suspension |
6/20/01 |
No |
| Randhir
S. Kang |
San Francisco,
CA |
1/27/06 |
Indefinite
Suspension |
1/27/06 |
No |
| Eric J.
Kapoor |
Maryland |
9/26/06 |
|
|
|
| Deborah
J. Kartje |
Chicago,
IL/Northern IN |
12/4/00 |
Expelled |
12/4/00 |
No |
| William
P. Kaszynski |
Minnesota |
3/8/01 |
Expelled |
3/8/01 |
No |
| John W.
Kearns |
Illinois |
4/6/07 |
|
|
|
| Morris
B. Kemper |
San Francisco,
CA |
5/7/01 |
Suspended
- 1 year |
5/7/01
|
No |
| Kishan
Khanna |
Colorado |
5/19/06 |
Suspended
- 9 months |
5/19/06 |
No |
| Claude
Henry Kleefield |
New York |
12/2/05 |
Suspended
- 3 months |
12/2/05 |
No |
| Alan Edward
Koczela |
Virginia |
8/10/00 |
|
|
|
| Samuel
G. Kooritzky |
Virginia |
4/8/03 |
Expelled |
4/8/03 |
No |
| Robert
L. Koven |
Maryland |
5/7/01 |
Indefinite
Suspension |
5/7/01 |
No |
| John J.
Kozlowski |
San Francisco,
CA |
10/29/01 |
Suspended
- 90 days |
10/29/01 |
No |
| Dorothea
J. Kraeger |
Arizona |
6/2/05 |
|
|
|
| Milton
Dan Kramer |
San Francisco,
CA |
8/10/00 |
Indefinite
Suspension |
3/1/00 |
No |
| Boris A.
Krivonos |
New York |
------------ |
Expelled |
1/30/03 |
No |
| Robert
M. Kuhnreich |
New York |
8/11/05 |
Expelled |
8/11/05 |
No |
| Charles
P. LeBeau |
San Diego,
CA |
10/19/06 |
Expelled |
10/19/06 |
No |
| Benson
Lee |
Nevada |
3/21/07 |
Suspended
- 3 months |
2/1/07 |
Yes - 8/15/07 |
| Steven
Y. Lee |
District
of Columbia/ Virginia |
11/22/04 |
Expelled |
12/7/04 |
No |
| Richard
G.Lehr |
Michigan |
12/19/06 |
Suspended
- 180 days |
7/22/06 |
No |
| Eric Levine |
Massachusetts |
10/25/05 |
Suspended
- 4 years |
10/25/05 |
No |
| Michael
S. Levine |
Pennsylvania/Florida |
7/27/06 |
|
|
|
| J.
Thomas Logan |
Los
Angeles, CA |
------------ |
Suspended
- 60 days |
12/1/04 |
No |
| Javier
Lopera |
Florida |
11/4/04 |
Expelled |
12/7/04 |
No |
| Mark E.
Maier |
Maryland |
12/4/00 |
Indefinite
Suspension |
12/4/00 |
No |
| Claro L.
Mamaril |
Los Angeles,
CA |
------------ |
Expelled |
3/15/06 |
No |
| Denise
A. Maniscalco |
Virginia |
9/1/04
|
Suspended - 32 months
and 3 days
|
10/19/04 |
No |
| Brandon
Marinoff |
Colorado |
1/31/05 |
Suspended
- 12 months |
1/31/05 |
No |
| Allen C.
Marra |
New York/
New Jersey |
7/18/05 |
Indefinite
Suspension |
| |
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