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

Brian Michael Prew

On the New York attorney register since 1971 · office in Binghamton, NY

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

Registration No.
1211135
Admitted
1971 · Third Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Sep 2028

Brian Michael Prew is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1971 in the Third Department, with an office in Binghamton, NY; next registration due Sep 2028. Since Jul 3, 2026 it has moved only through the routine two-year cycle.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Currently registered” means Brian Michael Prew has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Sep 2028.

  1. Due to re‑register to Currently registered the routine two-year cycle: the registration window closed with a filing
  2. Currently registered to Due to re‑register the routine two-year cycle: the registration window opened
  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

The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Hinman, Howard, Kattell, LLP”. We count that spelling with Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.

87 other attorneys list Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 6 of them were admitted before 1971, and 57 of the 88 give an office in Binghamton, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1971, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Richard Paul Woodhouse1970Delinquent
Jon Seth Blechman1971Currently registered
Brian R. Wright1971Currently registered
John R. McGlenn1972Currently registered
Lawrence Clarke Anderson1973Currently registered

All 88 registrations that list Hinman, Howard & Kattell, 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

Brian Michael Prew studied at Albany Law School (the register spells it “ALBANY LAW SCHOOL”). 1,173 of its 10,183 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1970s, as Brian Michael Prew was.

Same law school
10,183living graduates; 91.3% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Binghamton, NY
330living registrants

Of the 330 living registrants with an office in Binghamton, NY, 8 were admitted before 1971 and 319 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 Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP88 on the register, 6 of the others admitted before 1971; 57 of the 88 give an office in Binghamton, NY.
  2. Albany Law School graduates on the register10,183 living, 91.3% registered.
  3. Attorneys with an office in Binghamton, NY330 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Broome County’s registered bar386 currently registered, 1.96 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 19711,869 people admitted in 1971 are on the register, 114 of them through the Third Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 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 Brian Michael Prew’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 Brian Michael Prew in 1971. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Third Department’s grievance committee, which covers Broome 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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