Bruce Lawrence Atkins
On the New York attorney register since 1988 · office in Hackensack, NJ
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 2194454
- Admitted
- 1988 · Third Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Aug 2028
Bruce Lawrence Atkins is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1988 in the Third Department, with an office in Hackensack, NJ; next registration due Aug 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 Bruce Lawrence Atkins has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Aug 2028.
- Due to re‑register to Currently registered the routine two-year cycle: the registration window closed with a filing
- Due to re‑register unchanged
- Due to re‑register 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 “Deutsch Atkins & Kleinfeldt PC”. We count that spelling with Deutsch Atkins & Kleinfeldt, P.C., the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
4 other attorneys list Deutsch Atkins & Kleinfeldt, P.C. or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 0 of them were admitted before 1988, and all 5 give an office in Hackensack, NJ. The 4 whose admission is closest to 1988, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Debra Marie McGarvey | 2007 | Currently registered |
| Adam J. Kleinfeldt | 2009 | Currently registered |
| Carly Skarbnik Meredith | 2010 | Currently registered |
| Diane Peyser | 2026 | 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
Bruce Lawrence Atkins studied at Seton Hall University School of Law (the register spells it “SETON HALL UNIV”). 638 of its 6,262 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Bruce Lawrence Atkins was.
- Same law school
- 6,262living graduates; 84.7% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Hackensack, NJ
- 684living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 684 living registrants with an office in Hackensack, NJ, 115 were admitted before 1988 and 553 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
- Seton Hall University School of Law graduates on the register6,262 living, 84.7% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Hackensack, NJ684 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 19886,238 people admitted in 1988 are on the register, 1,150 of them through the Third 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 Bruce Lawrence Atkins’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 Bruce Lawrence Atkins in 1988. 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).