PlainAttorney Register file of Sep 29, 2026 · NY Office of Court Administration, via data.ny.gov

Anita L. Allen

On the New York attorney register since 1985 · office in Philadelphia, PA

PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.

Registration No.
1978774
Admitted
1985 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Mar 2027

Anita L. Allen is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1985 in the First Department, with an office in Philadelphia, PA; next registration due Mar 2027. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Currently registered” means Anita L. Allen has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Mar 2027.

  1. Currently registered unchanged
  2. Currently registered unchanged
  3. Currently registered the first file we hold

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; the Jul 3, 2026 and Aug 6, 2026 files for the history.

Others who list this employer on the register

2 other attorneys list Professor of Law or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 0 of them were admitted before 1985. The 2 whose admission is closest to 1985, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Jonathan Remy Nash1993Currently registered
Donald John Kochan2002Currently registered

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; employer spellings merged (methodology).

Where this record sits on the register

Anita L. Allen studied at Harvard Law School. 1,661 of its 14,378 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Anita L. Allen was.

Same law school
14,378living graduates; 86.1% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Philadelphia, PA
1,878living registrants (outside New York State)

Of the 1,878 living registrants with an office in Philadelphia, PA, 100 were admitted before 1985 and 1,763 after.

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; living registrants only.

Questions this record leads to

  1. Harvard Law School graduates on the register14,378 living, 86.1% registered.
  2. New York-admitted attorneys in Philadelphia, PA1,878 living registrants give an office there.
  3. Admitted in 19856,046 people admitted in 1985 are on the register, 1,883 of them through the First Department.
  4. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  5. What a New York lawyer may chargeThe court rules on fees, retainers and fee disputes, each cited.

How to confirm it officially

For a statement of Anita L. Allen’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, First Department, which admitted Anita L. Allen in 1985. The register places the office outside New York, so a complaint would go to that department’s grievance committee (22 NYCRR 1240.7(a)(2)).

This page reads the register file of Sep 29, 2026, and the court system’s own search can be newer; the register shows only the current value, so a suspension that ended before the files we hold, or a censure, leaves no trace here (Appellate Division decisions are published through the court system’s Law Reporting Bureau).

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