A securities plaintiffs lawyer was suspended from the New York bar for four months after a panel of judges found that his drunken assault on a woman was more serious than other cases that only led to a censure.

John Brandon Walker, a partner at 12-lawyer Bragar, Eagel & Squire, was suspended for four months by the Appellate Division, First Department on Tuesday. A woman testified that Walker “grabbed her by the neck, choked her, threw her on the floor and kicked her rib cage,” causing her to fear for her life.