New York State Registered Attorney

Overview

This dataset includes over 300 thousands attorneys registered with the Office of Court Administration (OCA), which oversees and administrates the New York State Unified Court System. Each attorney is registered with the registration number, full name, company name and address, phone number, email, year admitted, etc. The information provided is deemed public information pursuant to 22 NYCRR 118 (Rules of the Chief Administrative Judge).

Dataset Information

SubjectTransparency and Disclosure
JurisdictionState of New York
Data ProviderOffice of Court Administration (OCA), New York State Unified Court System
Sourcedata.ny.gov

Dataset Details

According to Part 118 of the Administrative Rules of the Unified Court System & Uniform Rules of the Trial Courts, every attorney admitted to practice in New York Stat, whether resident or nonresident, and whether or not in good standing, shall file a registration statement with the Chief Administrator of the Courts within 60 days of the date of such admission, and during each alternate year thereafter, within 30 days after the attorney's birthday, for as long as the attorney remains duly admitted to the New York bar. Section 468-a of the NY Judiciary Law and 22 NYCRR Part 118 of the Rules of the Chief Administrator of the Courts require the biennial registration of all attorneys admitted in the State of New York, whether they are resident or non-resident, active or retired, or practicing law in New York or elsewhere. All attorneys are required to renew their attorney registration every two years, within 30 days after their birthday. Except for certain cases, the information contained in the registration statement filed shall be made available to the public.

This dataset includes all registered attorneys admitted in NYS, whether they are resident or non-resident, active or retired, or practicing law in NY or anywhere else. The disclosed information for each attorney includes Registration Number, First Name, Middle Name, Last Name, Suffix, Company Name, Street Address, City, County, Country, Business Telephone Number, Year Admitted to the NYS Bar, Judicial Department of Admission, Law School from which degree was granted, the registration status of the attorney, Next Registration month and year.

To give New Yorkers the access they deserve to government data and information, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo launched the Open NY initiative in March 2013 and signed Executive Order 95. It directs state agencies to identify, catalog, and publish their data on the state's open data website administered by the Office of Information Technology Services (ITS). Open NY increases transparency, improves government performance, empowers New Yorkers to participate in government, and encourages research and economic opportunities statewide.

Statistics

There are over 300,000 attorneys admitted in New York State, who are required to register with the Office of Court Administration of NYS Unified Court System. Most NYS attorneys are working in law firms. The top companies employing the most NYS attorneys are LATHAM & WATKINS LLP, KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, WHITE & CASE LLP, THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY, DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL LLP, and SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP, each employing more than 600 attorneys. Government agencies (such as New York City Law Department) and financial institutes (such as Morgan Stanley) also employ many NYS attorneys. While a majority of NYS attorneys obtained degrees from law schools in New York City, such as Brooklyn Law School, New York Law School, Columbia University (Columbia Law School), New York University (School of Law), Fordham University (School of Law), St. John's University, Yeshiva University (Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law), there are also many graduates of Harvard University (Harvard Law School), Albany Law School, Georgetown University (Law Center), Cornell Unversity (Law School), Boston University.
Over 30% of NYS attorneys are working in New York City; there are also many attorneys working in Washington (4.5%), Albany (1.3%), Buffalo (1.3%), White Plains (1.2%) and Boston (1%). There are also many attorneys from foreign countries admitted in NYS, including China (3279), Japan (3130), United Kingdom (2701), Canada (2016), Korea (1751), Hong Kong (1414), France (1400), Germany (1032). The total number of attorneys noticeably decreased in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic; it dropped by over 10% in 2020 (from 6679 in 2019 to 5948) and dropped again by 19% in 2021. In 2022, the number of attorneys is at the same level as in 2021, 30% below the 2015-2018 level, and 40% below the 2009-2014 level. We expect to see more attorneys admitted in the upcoming years as the economy reovers from the pandemic.

Attorneys by Company

Attorneys by School

Attorneys by School

SchoolAttorneysPercent
Brooklyn Law School99603.65%
New York Law School89923.29%
Columbia Law School69172.53%
New York University68492.51%
New York University School of Law64232.35%
Harvard Law School55842.04%
Fordham University School of Law51691.89%
Albany Law School49281.80%
Harvard45441.66%
Brooklyn39671.45%
Fordham39641.45%
Georgetown University Law Center39481.45%

Attorneys by Country

Attorneys by Country

CountryAttorneysPercent
China32791.20%
Japan31301.15%
United Kingdom27010.99%
Canada20160.74%
Korea17510.64%
Hong Kong14140.52%
France14000.51%
Germany10320.38%
Israel7630.28%
Switzerland6790.25%
Singapore6580.24%
Australia5750.21%

Attorneys by City

Attorneys by City

CityAttorneysPercent
New York8710331.89%
Washington123894.54%
Brooklyn71942.63%
Albany36081.32%
Buffalo34981.28%
White Plains32571.19%
Boston27421.00%
Los Angeles27100.99%
Bronx25720.94%
Rochester23950.88%
San Francisco23820.87%
Garden City22350.82%

Attorneys by Zip

Attorneys by Zip

ZipAttorneysPercent
New York, Ny 1001982243.01%
New York, Ny 1002281833.00%
New York, NY 1001778012.86%
New York, NY 1003668032.49%
New York, Ny 1000750081.83%
New York, Ny 1000444531.63%
New York, Ny 1000536761.35%
New York, Ny 1002036221.33%
New York, Ny 1000136131.32%
Brooklyn, Ny 1120135531.30%
New York, Ny 1001629331.07%
New York, Ny 1001827671.01%

Attorneys by Year

Attorneys by Year

YearAttorneysPercent
202233801.24%
202148281.77%
202059482.18%
201966792.45%
201873792.70%
201771342.61%
201672662.66%
201576832.81%
201490733.32%
201385993.15%
201279962.93%
201181142.97%

Search Result

Address: 35 Lower Long Street, Foreshore, Cape Town, Western Cape, 8001, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: ENSAFRICA
Law School: University of Johannesburg
Year Admitted: 2024
Address: Unit A4, Office @ Nature, 500 Botterklapper Street, Lynnwood, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: WATSON LAW INCORPORATED
Law School: University of Pretoria
Year Admitted: 2023
Address: 25 Bath Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: THUNGELA RESOURCES LTD
Law School: Duke University School of Law
Year Admitted: 2020
Address: 26 Odysseys Street, Paradise Beach, Langebaan 7357, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: PRIVATE
Law School: University of the Free State.
Year Admitted: 2019
Address: Suite 43 Katherine West, 114 West Street, Sandton Johannesburg, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: CENTURION LAW GROUP
Law School: University of Ibadan
Year Admitted: 2019
Address: 90 Rivonia Road, Johannesburg 2196, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: WEBBER WENTZEL ATTORNEYS
Law School: Cornell Law School
Year Admitted: 2018
Address: 7th Floor, Rosebank Link, 173 Oxford Road, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
Law School: Georgetown University Law Center
Year Admitted: 2018
Address: 2nd Floor, 4 Protea Place, Sandown, Johannesburg Gauteng 2196, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: THE MAISELS GROUP
Law School: Rhodes University, University of Edinburgh
Year Admitted: 2016
Address: First Floor, Oakdale House, The Oval, 1 Oakdale Road, Claremont, Cape Town, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: Corporate Law Alliance
Law School: New York University School of Law
Year Admitted: 2016
Address: 2nd Floor, Maisels Chambers, The Maisels Group, 4 Protea Place, Sandown, Sandton, Johannesburg Gauteng 2196, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: ADVOCATE OF THE JOHANNESBURG BAR
Law School: University of the Witwatersrand
Year Admitted: 2016
Address: 2nd Floor, Maisels Chambers, 4 Protea Place, Sandton, Johannesburg, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: THE MAISELS GROUP OF ADVOCATES
Law School: Georgetown University Law Center
Year Admitted: 2015
Address: 90 Rivonia Road, Sandhurst, Sandton, 2196, Johannesburg, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: WEBBER WENTZEL, IN ALLIANCE WITH LINKLATERS
Law School: UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND
Year Admitted: 2015
Address: 3 Barack Obama Way, Dar Es Salaam, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: AFRICAN LEADERS MALARIA ALLIANCE
Law School: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Year Admitted: 2014
Address: Soverby, Annandale Road, Stellenbosch 7600, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: IMPONDO CAPITAL (PTY) LTD
Law School: University of Montana School of Law
Year Admitted: 2014
Address: 3 Bridgeway Road, Bridgeways Precinct, Century City, 7741, Cape Town, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: PHILIP MORRIS SOUTH AFRICA
Law School: PENN STATE/ UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN
Year Admitted: 2012
Address: 90 Rivonia Road, Sandton, Johannesburg 2196, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: Webber Wentzel
Law School: University of Cape Town
Year Admitted: 2012
Address: 27c 6th Avenue, Parktown North, Johannesburg 2193, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS RESOURCE CENTRE
Law School: Columbia Law School
Year Admitted: 2011
Address: 88 Stella Street, Sandown Sandton 2196, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: MCKINSEY AND COMPANY
Law School: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Year Admitted: 2011
Address: Lynnwood Bridge, 4 Daventry Street, Lynnwood Manor, Pretoria, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: ADAMS & ADAMS ATTORNEYS
Law School: UNIVERSITY OF NATAL
Year Admitted: 2010
Address: The Firs, 32A Craddock Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty South Africa Limited
Law School: University of Natal
Year Admitted: 2009
Address: 145 West Street, Sandown Johannesburgh 2196, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: CITIBANK N.A.
Law School: HARVARD LAW SCHOOL
Year Admitted: 2008
Address: 4 Jetty St, Roggebaai Place, Cape Town, 8001, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: MAERSK SOUTH AFRICA
Law School: American University Washington College of Law
Year Admitted: 2008
Address: 505 Keerom Street Chambers, 56 Keerom Street, Cape Town 8001, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: ADV. L. VENTER
Law School: UNIVERSITY OF THE NORTH WEST
Year Admitted: 2007
Address: 34 Dorset Road, Parkwood, Johannesburg 2196, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: NAAYA CONSULTING
Law School: Harvard Law School
Year Admitted: 2007
Address: P.O. Box 78353, Sandton City, Sandton 2146, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: DERIVIDOC CC
Law School: UNIV OF KWAZULU NATAL, PIETERMARITZBURG
Year Admitted: 2006
Address: 129 Rivonia Road, Sandton, Gauteng 2196 Rsa, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: EDWARD NATHAN SONNENBERGS INC
Law School: HARVARD; UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND
Year Admitted: 2005
Address: 115 West Street, Sandton, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
Law School: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
Year Admitted: 2005
Address: Khwezi Cres, Village 1 South, Khayelitsha, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: OUT OF COUNTRY
Law School: Law School
Year Admitted: 2004
Address: Sandown Village, Corner of Gwen & Maude Streets, Sandown, Sandton 2193, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: GROUP 621
Law School: UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND
Year Admitted: 2004
Address: 165 West Street, Sandton, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: Bowman Gilfillan
Law School: New York University School of Law
Year Admitted: 2002
Address: 1 Merchant Place, Corner Rivonia Road and Fredman Drive, Sandton 2196, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: RAND MERCHANT BANK
Law School: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
Year Admitted: 2002
Address: 22, Bree Street, Cape Town, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: BOWMAN GILFILLAN INC.
Law School: TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
Year Admitted: 2001
Address: Arm House, 29 Impala Road, Chislehurston 2196, Po Box 786136, Sandton 2146, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: AFRICAN RAINBOW MINERALS LIMITED
Law School: UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA/ TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
Year Admitted: 2000
Address: 2 Sakura, 25 2nd Avenue, Parkhurst, Johannesburg 2193, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Law School: COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL
Year Admitted: 2000
Address: 284 Von Willich Avenue, Die Hoewes, Centurion 0183, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: AKADEMIA FACULTY OF LAW
Law School: UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
Year Admitted: 1999
Address: Po Box 22, Highlands North 2037, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: ERNST A. FRANKEL
Law School: UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDIN
Year Admitted: 1997
Address: Po Box 11585 & 1461, 2000, Johannesburg, 10166-, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: ABN AMRO SECURITIES (STH AFRICA) PTY LTD
Law School: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
Year Admitted: 1997
Address: 2 Arnold Road, P.O. Box 471917, Rosebank 2196, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: CORPCAPITAL LIMITED
Law School: NOTRE DAME
Year Admitted: 1996
Address: Supreme Court of Appeal, Corner President Brandt and Miriam Makeba Streets, Bloemfontein Free State 9031, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: JUDGE ASHTON SCHIPPERS
Law School: Harvard Law School
Year Admitted: 1996
Address: P.O. Box 61771, Marshalltown 2107, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: WEBBER WENTZEL
Law School: American University Washington D.C. College of Law
Year Admitted: 1996
Address: The Central, 96 Rivonia Road, Sandton, Johannesburg 2196, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: WERKSMANS INC.
Law School: CORNELL
Year Admitted: 1996
Address: Po Box 124, Gaborone, Botswana, Africa, Southern, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: THE CAPITOL ORGANISATION
Law School: HARVARD UNIV EDINBURGH UN
Year Admitted: 1995
Address: 58-60 Westcliff Drive, West Cliff, Johannesburg, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: C/O LHC ADVISORY (PTY) LIMITED
Law School: COLUMBIA
Year Admitted: 1995
Address: Private Bag X9967, Sandton 2146, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: ADVOCATES GROUP 621
Law School: OXFORD UK YALE
Year Admitted: 1995
Address: Po Box 2922, Parklands 2121, of S Africa, Republic, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: PONTSO INVESTMENT HOLDINGS
Law School: COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL
Year Admitted: 1993
Address: University of The Witwatersrand, Po Box 2193, Johannesburg, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: SCHOOL OF LAW
Law School: COLUMBIA
Year Admitted: 1992
Address: Fresnaye, Cape Town, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: 31 AVENUE DE LONGUEVILLE
Law School: Columbia Law School
Year Admitted: 1992
Address: 56 Keerom Street, Capetown 8001, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Law School: UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSRAND
Year Admitted: 1991
Address: Suite #260 Private Bag X5, Norwood, 2117 Johannesburg, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: IRENE ROME
Law School: University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Year Admitted: 1988
Address: 9 Victoria Road, Clifton 8005, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Law School: YALE
Year Admitted: 1987
Address: Postnet Suite 165, Private Bag X1, Melrose Arch 2016, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: ANIBOK INVESTMENT RESEARCH CHAMBERS
Law School: UNIV OF GHANA NEW YORK UNIV, UNIV. OF TORONTO
Year Admitted: 1987
Address: Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, Pretoria, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA
Law School: NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
Year Admitted: 1983
Address: P.O. Box 850, Rivonia 2128, -, SOUTH AFRICA
Company Name: FRM STRATEGIES (P) LTD
Year Admitted: 1983