List of Previously Disciplined Practitioners
April 11, 2013
For more information about a practitioner's disciplinary history, click on the date highlighted in gold.
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For more information about the Executive Office for Immigration Review's Attorney Discipline Program, click on these links:
Rules for Professional Conduct (2000), (PDF)
Amendments to the Rules of Professional Conduct (2008), (PDF)
Professional Conduct for Immigration Practitioners - Factsheet (PDF)
*These practitioners were expelled from practice prior to January 13, 2012. The term expelled has been replaced by the term disbarred, which has the same meaning and effect. See 77 Fed. Reg. 2,011, 2,013 (Jan. 13, 2012)
| NAME | CITY/STATE | DATE IMMED. SUSPENSION IMPOSED | FINAL DISCIPLINE IMPOSED | EFFECTIVE DATE OF DISCIPLINE | REINSTATED? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward J. Abramson | Florida | 6/6/12 (PDF) | Suspended - 60 days | 6/6/12 (PDF) | Yes - 8/20/12 (PDF) |
| Brad A. Alexander | Florida | 6/15/01 (PDF) | Suspended - 1 year | 6/15/01 (PDF) | Yes - 1/8/04 (PDF) |
| Boma O. Allison | Houston, TX | 8/4/11 (PDF) | Suspended - 6 weeks | 8/4/11 (PDF) | Yes - 11/08/11 (PDF) |
| Mahmoud Alsafty | Maryland/New York | 5/7/04 (PDF) | Suspended - 1 year | 5/7/04 (PDF) | Yes - 9/13/06 (PDF) |
| Rita H. Altman | Florida | 10/30/06 (PDF) | Indefinite Suspension | 10/30/06 (PDF) | Yes - 9/14/07 (PDF) |
| Anthony Alvarez | Florida | 8/15/07 (PDF) | Suspended - 90 days | 8/15/07 (PDF) | Yes - 11/20/07 (PDF) |
| Kaveh Ardalan | Los Angeles, CA | 11/20/08 (PDF) | Suspended - 6 months | 11/20/08 (PDF) | Yes - 3/4/09 (PDF) |
| Harnam S. Arneja | District of Columbia | 5/6/02 (PDF) | Suspended - 1 year | 5/6/02 (PDF) | Yes - 3/17/03 (PDF) |
| Hani Alex Azzam | Massachusetts | 9/1/05 (PDF) | ------------ | ------------ | Yes - 12/14/05 (PDF) |
| James Todd Bennett | San Francisco, CA | ------------ | Suspended - 60 days | 1/21/10 (PDF) | Yes - 5/26/10 (PDF) |
| Charles H. Bowser | District of Columbia | 9/15/00 (PDF) | Disbarred* | 9/15/00 (PDF) | Yes - 4/20/06 (PDF) |
| Wilma Nadine Brennan | Houston, TX | ------------ | Suspended - 30 days | 7/24/03 (PDF) | Yes - 10/03/03 (PDF) |
| Bart A. Chavez | Nebraska | ------------ | Public Censure | 5/4/09 (PDF) | --------------- |
| Eleanor Chen | Pennsylvania | ------------ | Suspended - 60 days | 11/8/07 (PDF) | Yes - 2/8/08 (PDF) |
| Gerald M. Cobb | Los Angeles, CA | ------------ | Public Censure | 6/2/05 (PDF) | ------------ |
| Patrick J. Cole | Washington, DC | 4/17/09 (PDF) | Suspeneded - 30 days | 4/17/09 (PDF) | Yes - 6/15/09 (PDF) |
| Earl S. David | New York | ------------ | Suspended - 15 months | 7/9/04 (PDF) | No |
| Jorge de la Mar | Florida | 10/04/10 (PDF) | Suspended - 60 days | 10/4/10 (PDF) | Yes - 1/26/11 (PDF) |
| Kelechi Charles Emeziem | San Francisco, CA | 12/5/06 (PDF) | Suspended - 18 months | 12/5/06 (PDF) | Yes - 3/11/09 (PDF) |
| Samuel Reyes Escamilla | Colorado | 10/12/01 (PDF) | Suspended - 3 months | 10/12/01 (PDF) | Yes - 11/27/01 (PDF) |
| Koston Hui Feng aka Koston F. Pelly | New York | 4/12/11 (PDF) | Suspended - 6 months | 4/12/11 (PDF) | Yes - 10/26/11 (PDF) |
| Mark M. Freeman | Massachusetts | 10/25/11 (PDF) | Suspended - 6 months | 10/25/11 (PDF) | Yes - 8/22/12 (PDF) |
| Mark S. Gallegos | Miami, FL | 12/1/11 (PDF) | Suspended - 90 days | 12/1/11 (PDF) | Yes - 3/20/12 (PDF) |
| Richard D. Garcia | Colorado | ------------ | Suspended - 30 days | 4/30/10 (PDF) | Yes - 6/15/10 (PDF) |
| Lowell J. Gettman | New York/Ohio | ------------ | Public Censure | 8/16/06 (PDF) | ------------ |
| Gayle S. Ghitelman | Massachusetts | 3/9/04 (PDF) | Suspended - 1 year and 1 day | 3/9/04 (PDF) | Yes - 12/2/05 (PDF) |
| Patricia G. Gittelson | Los Angeles, CA | 4/14/11 (PDF) | Suspended - 6 months | 4/14/11 (PDF) | Yes - 10/26/11 (PDF) |
| Maria I. Gonzalez | New Jersey/New York | 3/1/07 (PDF) | Suspended - 3 months | 2/24/07 (PDF) | Yes - 6/14/07 (PDF) |
| Ricardo Gonzalez | Harlingen, Texas | ------------ | Public Censure | 6/1/09 (PDF) | --------------- |
| Rosaura Gonzalez Rucci | Puerto Rico | 12/21/00 (PDF) | Suspended - 6 months | 12/21/00 (PDF) | Yes - 8/7/01 (PDF) |
| Justin Edward Gould | Florida | 2/5/07 (PDF) | Suspended - 90 days | 2/05/07 (PDF) | Yes - 3/7/07 (PDF) |
| T. Anthony Guajardo | Arizona | ------------ | Public Censure | 12/2/09 (PDF) | ------------ |
| Edward Haase | San Diego, CA | ------------ | Public Censure | 9/5/06 (PDF) | ------------ |
| Raymond G. Hellwig | Los Angeles, CA | 9/14/11 (PDF) | Suspended - 9 months | 9/14/11 (PDF) | Yes - 6/27/12 (PDF) |
| Todd James Hilts | San Diego, CA | 8/29/11 (PDF) | Suspended - 1 year | 1/29/11 (PDF) | Yes - 2/8/12 (PDF) |
| John Himmelstein | Massachusettes | 8/1/08 (PDF) | Suspended - 1 year and 1 day | 8/1/08 (PDF) | Yes - 10/20/10 (PDF) |
| James J. Hoare | Michigan | 10/21/08 (PDF) | Suspended - 90 days | 10/21/08 (PDF) | Yes - 08/19/10 (PDF) |
| Errol I. Horwitz | Los Angeles, CA | 6/10/11 (PDF) | Suspended - 30 days | 6/10/11 (PDF) | Yes - 8/29/11 (PDF) |
| Akhtar Hussain | Florida | 1/30/03 (PDF) | Suspended - 90 days | 10/01/02 (PDF) | Yes - 2/25/03 (PDF) |
| John J. Hykel | Pennsylvania | 3/8/01 (PDF) | Suspended - 2 years | 3/8/01 (PDF) | Yes - 4/6/06 (PDF) |
| Alexis I. Irizarry-Vega | Puerto Rico | 12/21/00 (PDF) | Indefinite Suspension | 8/24/00 (PDF) | Yes - 10/23/01 (PDF) |
| Karen Jaffe | New York | 6/12/06 (PDF) | Suspended - 30 days | 6/12/06 (PDF) | Yes - 7/27/06 (PDF) |
| Keith Jordan | San Francisco, CA | ------------ | Public Censure | 1/25/07 (PDF) | ------------ |
| Barbara W. Kamali | Florida | ------------ | Public Censure | 7/9/04 (PDF) | ------------ |
| Michael P. Karr | San Francisco, CA | 10/1/03 (PDF) | Suspended - 9 months | 10/23/03 (PDF) | Yes - 7/2/04 (PDF) |
| Dalia R. Kejbou | Michigan | 2/16/06 (PDF) | Suspended - 6 weeks | 11/22/06 (PDF) | Yes - 2/27/07 (PDF) |
| Rosalind A. Kelly | Dallas, TX | 12/14/07 (PDF) | Suspended - 2 years | 12/14/07 (PDF) | Yes - 5/5/10 (PDF) |
| Jack D. King | Florida | 9/15/11 (PDF) | Suspended - 90 days | 6/9/11 (PDF) | Yes - 12/06/11 (PDF) |
| James L. Lane | Oregon | 10/9/08 (PDF) | Suspended - 30 days | 9/19/08 (PDF) | Yes - 11/13/08 (PDF) |
| Michael Louis Leavitt | New York | 4/8/03 (PDF) | Suspended - 18 months | 3/21/02 (PDF) | Yes - 6/27/05 (PDF) |
| Benson Lee | Nevada | 3/21/07 (PDF) | Suspended - 3 months | 2/1/07 (PDF) | Yes - 8/15/07 (PDF) |
| Albert S. Lefkowitz | New York | 2/26/08 (PDF) | Suspended - 3 months | 2/26/08 (PDF) | Yes - 6/24/08 (PDF) |
| Clyde E. Lindsay | Massachusetts | 2/11/04 (PDF) | Suspended - 1 year | 2/11/04 (PDF) | Yes - 1/10/07 (PDF) |
| Aman Lopez | Massachusetts | 7/24/08 (PDF) | Suspended - 2 years | 7/24/08 (PDF) | Yes - 6/4/12 (PDF) |
| Joseph Lopez-Wilson | Nebraska | 4/17/02 (PDF) | Suspended - 2 year | 4/17/02 (PDF) | Yes - 12/4/03 (PDF) |
| Cecilia Carolina Maluje | Florida | 1/30/12 (PDF) | Suspended - 90 days | 1/30/12 (PDF) | Yes - 6/4/12 (PDF) |
| Brandon Marinoff | Colorado | 1/31/05 (PDF) | Suspended - 12 months | 1/31/05 (PDF) | Yes-11/10/10 |
| Leroy Allan Martin | Los Angeles, CA | ------------ | Suspended - 60 days | 6/18/05 (PDF) | Yes - 1/31/06 (PDF) |
| Juan Antonio Molina | Los Angeles, CA | 4/11/06 (PDF) | ------------ | ------------ | Yes - 8/1/06 (PDF) |
| Vicenta E. Montoya | Nevada | ------------ | Public Censure | 7/9/04 (PDF) | ------------ |
| Joseph A. Morris | Illinois | ------------ | Public Censure | 1/13/05 (PDF) | ------------ |
| Samson Mparaganda | Massachusetts | 6/28/10 (PDF) | Suspended - 3 months | 4/2/10 (PDF) | Yes - 9/2/10 (PDF) |
| Barry R. Nager | Florida | 10/16/07 (PDF) | Suspended - 90 days | 10/16/07 (PDF) | Yes - 2/26/08 (PDF) |
| David Smith Nunes | Florida | 9/15/00 (PDF) | Suspended - 3 years | 4/29/99 (PDF) | Yes - 8/1/03 (PDF) |
| Anthony Nwosu | San Francisco, CA/New York | 1/18/08 (PDF) | Suspended - 18 months | 1/18/08 (PDF) | Yes - 4/6/10 (PDF) |
| Uchenna Samuel Ogbu-Nwobodo | San Francisco, CA | 11/4/09 (PDF) | Suspended - 60 days | 11/4/09 (PDF) | Yes - 2/25/10 (PDF) |
| Imevbore M. Ojo | Houston, TX | ------------ | Suspended - 30 days | 1/9/04 (PDF) | Yes - 7/7/04 (PDF) |
| Christian De Olivas | San Diego, CA | 3/20/09 (PDF) | Suspended - 2 years | 3/20/09 (PDF) | Yes - 11/22/11 (PDF) |
| Todd N. Ostergard | Florida | 2/18/04 (PDF) | Suspended - 90 days | 2/18/04 (PDF) | Yes - 5/19/06 (PDF) |
| Michael M. Ozulumba | Massachusetts | ------------ | Public Censure | 2/18/04 (PDF) | ------------ |
| Koston F. Pelly see Koston Hui Feng above | |||||
| Jose M. Quinones | Los Angeles, CA | ------------ | Public Censure | 6/16/03 (PDF) | ------------ |
| Rico C. Reyes | Florida | 12/02/05 (PDF) | Indefinite Suspension | 12/02/05 (PDF) | Yes - 10/19/06 (PDF) |
| Antonio Reyes-Vidal | San Antonio, TX | 8/10/00 (PDF) | Suspended - 84 months | 8/10/00 (PDF) | Yes - 2/26/02 (PDF) |
| Antonio Reyes-Vidal | San Antonio, TX | ------------ | Suspended - 90 days | 4/1/06 (PDF) | Yes - 8/1/06 (PDF) |
| David J. Rodkin | New York | 11/8/05 (PDF) | Suspended - 6 months | 8/22/05 (PDF) | Yes - 4/14/06 (PDF) |
| Stephen A. Rodriguez | Los Angeles, CA | 9/29/09 (PDF) | Indefinite Suspension | 9/29/09 (PDF) | Yes - 1/13/10 (PDF) |
| Guy D. Rutherford | Ohio | 10/21/08 (PDF) | Suspended - 6 Months | 7/10/08 (PDF) | Yes - 8/4/09 (PDF) |
| Vinaya Saijwani | New Jersey | 10/31/12 (PDF) | |||
| Antonio Salazar | Washington | 11/08/05 (PDF) | Suspended - 60 days | 11/8/05 (PDF) | Yes - 1/20/06 (PDF) |
| Ronald S. Salomon | New York | 2/22/12 (PDF) | Suspended - 6 months | 12/31/11 (PDF) | Yes - 8/20/12 (PDF) |
| Raymond J. Sanders | Illinois | 5/7/01 (PDF) | Suspended - 60 days | 5/7/01 (PDF) | Yes - 7/7/01 (PDF) |
| Paul A. Schelly | Los Angeles, CA | 1/11/05 (PDF) | Suspended - 60 days | 1/11/05 (PDF) | Yes - 3/31/05 (PDF) |
| Anil Shah | New York | ---------- | Suspended - 6 months | 12/25/08 (PDF) | Yes - 8/4/09 (PDF) |
| Julia A. Soininen | District of Columbia | 7/6/01 (PDF) | Suspended - 1 year | 11/20/01 (PDF) | Yes - 3/8/05 (PDF) |
| Jeffery M. Sondel | New York | ----------- | Suspended - 7 months | 11/18/11 (PDF) | Yes - 7/10/12 (PDF) |
| Larry E. Steorts | San Diego, CA | ------------ | Public Censure | 5/23/07 (PDF) | ------------ |
| Frank P. Sprouls | San Francisco, CA | 7/20/11 (PDF) | Suspended - 90 days | 7/20/11 (PDF) | Yes - 8/29/11 (PDF) |
| Brenna L. Stewart | New York | 8/11/10 (PDF) | Suspended - 6 months | 8/11/10 (PDF) | Yes - 1/5/10 (PDF) |
| Mark H. Teklinski | Michigan | 5/15/08 (PDF) | Suspended - 60 days | 5/15/08 (PDF) | Yes - 8/8/08 (PDF) |
| John Kirby Vawter | San Diego, CA | 8/21/03 (PDF) | Suspended - 6 months | 8/21/03 (PDF) | Yes - 3/19/04 (PDF) |
| Alexander C. Vrbanoff | Illinois | 5/30/01 (PDF) | Suspended - 1 year | 3/22/01 (PDF) | Yes - 7/2/02 (PDF) |
| Rubina Arora Wadhwa | Pennsylvania | 10/25/07 (PDF) | Suspended - 9 months | 10/25/07 (PDF) | Yes - 8/26/08 (PDF) |
| Yan Wang | New York | 1/4/11 (PDF) | Suspended - 6 months | 1/4/11 (PDF) | Yes - 8/11/11 (PDF) |
| Rickey A. Watson | Houston, TX | 7/12/06 (PDF) | Suspended - 1 year | 7/12/06 (PDF) | Yes - 9/14/07 (PDF) |
| Carl M. Weideman, III | Michigan | 5/23/07 (PDF) | Suspended - 30 days | 4/21/07 (PDF) | Yes - 6/28/07 (PDF) |
| David K. Wenger | Michigan | 5/30/12 (PDF) | Suspended - 90 days | 5/30/12 (PDF) | Yes - 8/30/12 (PDF) |
| Chester Lee Wheless | Dallas, TX | 10/12/01 (PDF) | Suspended - 5 years | 10/12/01 (PDF) | Yes - 1/5/10 (PDF) |
| Peter D. Winthrop | Illinois | 10/23/06 (PDF) | Suspended - 2 years | 10/23/06 (PDF) | Yes - 8/28/08 (PDF) |
Updated April, 2013
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