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

Barry Leonard Evans

On the New York attorney register since 1965 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
1536002
Admitted
1965 · First Department
Status
Due to re‑register
Next registration
Oct 2026

Barry Leonard Evans is due to re‑register on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1965 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Oct 2026. Since Jul 3, 2026 it has moved only through the routine two-year cycle.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Due to re‑register” means the attorney has a biennial registration falling due or overdue: the rule asks for it within 30 days after the attorney’s birthday in each alternate year, and the record gives the month it is due. The value stays until the register records the filing or marks the registration delinquent, so the month can have passed; by itself it is not a finding.

  1. Currently registered to Due to re‑register the routine two-year cycle: the registration window opened
  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

11 other attorneys list Lucas & Mercanti, LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 0 of them were admitted before 1965, and 4 of the 12 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1965, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Irving Nathan Feit1980Due to re‑register
Peter J. Phillips1982Currently registered
Donald C. Lucas1984Currently registered
Klaus Peter Stoffel1985Currently registered
Laurence Manber1989Currently registered

All 12 registrations that list Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

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

Barry Leonard Evans studied at New York University School of Law (the register spells it “NEW YORK UNIVERSITY”). 1,095 of its 23,248 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1960s, as Barry Leonard Evans was.

Same law school
23,248living graduates; 86.5% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in New York, NY
93,604living registrants

Of the 93,604 living registrants with an office in New York, NY, 484 were admitted before 1965 and 93,009 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. Everyone who lists Lucas & Mercanti, LLP12 on the register, 0 of the others admitted before 1965; 4 of the 12 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. New York University School of Law graduates on the register23,248 living, 86.5% registered.
  3. Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
  4. New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 19651,502 people admitted in 1965 are on the register, 519 of them through the First Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Due to re‑register”47,986 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  7. 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 Barry Leonard Evans’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 Barry Leonard Evans in 1965. A complaint about this attorney would go to the First Department’s grievance committee, which covers New York County, where the register places the office.

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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