Branden Carl Berns
On the New York attorney register since 2013 · office in San Francisco, CA
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 5112644
- Admitted
- 2013 · First Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Apr 2027
Branden Carl Berns is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2013 in the First Department, with an office in San Francisco, CA; next registration due Apr 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 Branden Carl Berns has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Apr 2027.
- 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
893 other attorneys list Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 280 of them were admitted before 2013, and 24 of the 894 give an office in San Francisco, CA. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2013, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Scott Alterbaum | 2013 | Currently registered |
| Crystal Starr Becker | 2013 | Currently registered |
| Latoya Ann Best | 2013 | Currently registered |
| Lauren Margaret Blas | 2013 | Currently registered |
| Christina Marie Brown | 2013 | 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
Branden Carl Berns studied at Columbia Law School. 4,756 of its 18,953 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Branden Carl Berns was.
- Same law school
- 18,953living graduates; 87.4% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in San Francisco, CA
- 2,474living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 2,474 living registrants with an office in San Francisco, CA, 1,530 were admitted before 2013 and 801 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
- Everyone who lists Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP894 on the register, 280 of the others admitted before 2013; 24 of the 894 give an office in San Francisco, CA.
- Columbia Law School graduates on the register18,953 living, 87.4% registered; 135 of them list Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
- New York-admitted attorneys in San Francisco, CA2,474 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 201310,251 people admitted in 2013 are on the register, 2,956 of them through the First 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 Branden Carl Berns’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 Branden Carl Berns in 2013. 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).