Bernard Mitchell Alter
On the New York attorney register since 1974 · office in Brooklyn, NY
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 1155571
- Admitted
- 1974 · Second Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Apr 2028
Bernard Mitchell Alter is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1974 in the Second Department, with an office in Brooklyn, NY; next registration due Apr 2028. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.
What this status means on the register
On the register, “Currently registered” means Bernard Mitchell Alter has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Apr 2028.
- Currently registered unchanged
- Currently registered unchanged
- 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
The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Alter and Barbaro”. We count that spelling with Alter & Barbaro, Esqs., the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
4 other attorneys list Alter & Barbaro, Esqs. or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 0 of them were admitted before 1974, and 4 of the 5 give an office in Brooklyn, NY. The 4 whose admission is closest to 1974, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen Vincent Barbaro | 1983 | Currently registered |
| Troy Jahleel Kenaz Lambert | 2011 | Currently registered |
| Do Kyung Lee | 2015 | Currently registered |
| Nichole Bishop Castillo | 2017 | Currently 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
Bernard Mitchell Alter studied at Brooklyn Law School. 2,101 of its 20,058 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1970s, as Bernard Mitchell Alter was.
- Same law school
- 20,058living graduates; 86.6% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Brooklyn, NY
- 7,312living registrants
Of the 7,312 living registrants with an office in Brooklyn, NY, 192 were admitted before 1974 and 7,079 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
- Brooklyn Law School graduates on the register20,058 living, 86.6% registered.
- Attorneys with an office in Brooklyn, NY7,312 living registrants give an office there.
- Kings County’s registered bar5,931 currently registered, 2.25 per 1,000 residents.
- Admitted in 19742,908 people admitted in 1974 are on the register, 1,270 of them through the Second Department.
- Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
- 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 Bernard Mitchell Alter’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Second Department, which admitted Bernard Mitchell Alter in 1974. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Second Department’s Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh and Thirteenth Judicial Districts, which covers Kings 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).