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

Bret A. Cohen

On the New York attorney register since 2009 · office in Boston, MA

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

Registration No.
4729943
Admitted
2009 · Third Department
Status
was Delinquent now Suspended, delinquent
Next registration
Oct 2027

Bret A. Cohen is suspended, delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2009 in the Third Department, with an office in Boston, MA; next registration due Oct 2027. The Aug 6, 2026 file listed this registration as delinquent.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Suspended, delinquent” means the attorney is recorded as suspended from practice, with the registration also delinquent. The register does not give the reason or date of a suspension; the Appellate Division’s order does.

  1. was Delinquent now Suspended, delinquent changed since the Aug 6, 2026 file
  2. Delinquent unchanged
  3. Delinquent the first file we hold

A change of standing between the 3 files of the last twelve months is struck through in red; the routine birthday cycle is not.

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

124 other attorneys list Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 34 of them were admitted before 2009, and 5 of the 125 give an office in Boston, MA. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2009, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Blake Garrett Betheil2009Currently registered
Jason Irving Epstein2009Currently registered
Woojin Shin2009Currently registered
Jerome Shuman2009Currently registered
Nicole Anais Vasquez Schmitt2009Currently registered

All 125 registrations that list Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough 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

Bret A. Cohen studied at Saint Louis University School of Law (the register spells it “St. Louis University School of Law”). 64 of its 325 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as Bret A. Cohen was.

Same law school
325living graduates; 85.5% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Boston, MA
2,932living registrants (outside New York State)

Of the 2,932 living registrants with an office in Boston, MA, 1,325 were admitted before 2009 and 1,500 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 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP125 on the register, 34 of the others admitted before 2009; 5 of the 125 give an office in Boston, MA.
  2. Saint Louis University School of Law graduates on the register325 living, 85.5% registered.
  3. New York-admitted attorneys in Boston, MA2,932 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Admitted in 200910,203 people admitted in 2009 are on the register, 3,337 of them through the Third Department.
  5. Every registration that reads “Suspended, delinquent”20,229 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
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How to confirm it officially

For a statement of Bret A. Cohen’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Third Department, which admitted Bret A. Cohen in 2009. 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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