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

Cathy Hershcopf

On the New York attorney register since 1989 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
2264836
Admitted
1989 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Jun 2027

Cathy Hershcopf is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1989 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Jun 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 Cathy Hershcopf has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Jun 2027.

  1. Currently registered unchanged
  2. Currently registered unchanged
  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

421 other attorneys list Cooley LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 8 of them were admitted before 1989, and 223 of the 422 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1989, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
J G. Harrington1987Currently registered
Luci Staller Altman1992Currently registered
Daniel Adam Goldberger1994Currently registered
Leonard Craig Jacoby1995Currently registered
Philip D. Mitchell1995Currently registered

All 422 registrations that list Cooley 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

Cathy Hershcopf studied at New York Law School (the register spells it “NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL”). 2,644 of its 15,601 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Cathy Hershcopf was.

Same law school
15,601living graduates; 87.0% 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, 12,833 were admitted before 1989 and 79,650 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 Cooley LLP422 on the register, 8 of the others admitted before 1989; 223 of the 422 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. New York Law School graduates on the register15,601 living, 87.0% registered.
  3. Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
  4. New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 19896,247 people admitted in 1989 are on the register, 2,150 of them through the First 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 Cathy Hershcopf’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 Cathy Hershcopf in 1989. 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).

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