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

Christopher Michael Halka

On the New York attorney register since 1990 · office in Uniondale, NY

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

Registration No.
2353514
Admitted
1990 · Second Department
Status
Due to re‑register
Next registration
Oct 2026

Christopher Michael Halka is due to re‑register on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1990 in the Second Department, with an office in Uniondale, NY; next registration due Oct 2026. Since Jul 3, 2026 it has moved only through the routine two-year cycle.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Due to re‑register” means the attorney has a biennial registration falling due or overdue: the rule asks for it within 30 days after the attorney’s birthday in each alternate year, and the record gives the month it is due. The value stays until the register records the filing or marks the registration delinquent, so the month can have passed; by itself it is not a finding.

  1. Currently registered to Due to re‑register the routine two-year cycle: the registration window opened
  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

6 other attorneys list Congdon, Flaherty, O’Callaghan, Fishlinger & Pavlides or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 1 of them was admitted before 1990, and all 7 give an office in Uniondale, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1990, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Brian Christopher Henderson1989Currently registered
Thomas Joseph Nemia1990Currently registered
Paula Pavlides1996Currently registered
Michael John Heffernan2018Due to re‑register
Sean Kevin Zaremba2023Currently 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

Christopher Michael Halka studied at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law (the register spells it “Villanova University School of Law”). 210 of its 1,575 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1990s, as Christopher Michael Halka was.

Same law school
1,575living graduates; 88.4% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Uniondale, NY
894living registrants

Of the 894 living registrants with an office in Uniondale, NY, 183 were admitted before 1990 and 692 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. Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law graduates on the register1,575 living, 88.4% registered.
  2. Attorneys with an office in Uniondale, NY894 living registrants give an office there.
  3. Nassau County’s registered bar9,622 currently registered, 6.92 per 1,000 residents.
  4. Admitted in 19906,112 people admitted in 1990 are on the register, 2,199 of them through the Second Department.
  5. Every registration that reads “Due to re‑register”47,986 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  6. 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 Christopher Michael Halka’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 Christopher Michael Halka in 1990. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Second Department’s Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, which covers Nassau 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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