Brenda Flockhart-Shanks
On the New York attorney register since 2015 · office in New York, NY
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 5351531
- Admitted
- 2015 · Second Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Dec 2027
Brenda Flockhart-Shanks is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2015 in the Second Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Dec 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 Brenda Flockhart-Shanks has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Dec 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
The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz, LLP”. We count that spelling with Pearl Cohen LLP, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
35 other attorneys list Pearl Cohen LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 24 of them were admitted before 2015, and 26 of the 36 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2015, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Nathaniel Leon Sugarman | 2014 | Currently registered |
| Kyle James Auteri | 2015 | Currently registered |
| Dennis Lazarev | 2015 | Currently registered |
| Guy Milhalter | 2016 | Currently registered |
| Christopher Glover Demaras | 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
Brenda Flockhart-Shanks studied at Suffolk University Law School (the register spells it “SUFFOLK LAW SCHOOL”). 578 of its 1,901 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Brenda Flockhart-Shanks was.
- Same law school
- 1,901living graduates; 85.3% 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, 60,001 were admitted before 2015 and 31,036 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 Pearl Cohen LLP36 on the register, 24 of the others admitted before 2015; 26 of the 36 give an office in New York, NY.
- Suffolk University Law School graduates on the register1,901 living, 85.3% registered.
- Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
- New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
- Admitted in 20158,867 people admitted in 2015 are on the register, 2,352 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 Brenda Flockhart-Shanks’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 Brenda Flockhart-Shanks in 2015. 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).