David Gary Cherna
On the New York attorney register since 2022 · office in Newark, NJ
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 5987292
- Admitted
- 2022 · Third Department
- Status
- Delinquent
- Next registration
- Jan 2026
David Gary Cherna is delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2022 in the Third Department, with an office in Newark, NJ; next registration due Jan 2026. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold. The month shown is the next cycle’s; the delinquency concerns an earlier registration the register did not receive.
What this status means on the register
On the register, “Delinquent” means the attorney has a registration the register shows as due and not received. Under the rule a failure to register results in referral to the Appellate Division for disciplinary action; the register does not show whether a given attorney was referred.
- Delinquent unchanged
- Delinquent unchanged
- Delinquent 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 “Sills Cummis & Gross PC”. We count that spelling with Sills Cummis & Gross P.C., the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
137 other attorneys list Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 119 of them were admitted before 2022, and 90 of the 138 give an office in Newark, NJ. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2022, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Zachary Michael Candelaria | 2022 | Currently registered |
| Kelly O’Connor | 2022 | Currently registered |
| Craig Howard Parker | 2022 | Due to re‑register |
| Gisselly Rosario Perez-Astwood | 2022 | Currently registered |
| Newton Portorreal Jr. | 2022 | 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
David Gary Cherna studied at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University (the register spells it “Yeshiva University Cardozo School of Law”). 1,951 of its 12,878 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2020s, as David Gary Cherna was.
- Same law school
- 12,878living graduates; 88.9% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Newark, NJ
- 1,842living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 1,842 living registrants with an office in Newark, NJ, 1,644 were admitted before 2022 and 142 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
- Everyone who lists Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.138 on the register, 119 of the others admitted before 2022; 90 of the 138 give an office in Newark, NJ.
- Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University graduates on the register12,878 living, 88.9% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Newark, NJ1,842 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 20227,736 people admitted in 2022 are on the register, 3,662 of them through the Third Department.
- Every registration that reads “Delinquent”15,500 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
- How to complain about a New York lawyerThe grievance committee for each county, and what it can do.
How to confirm it officially
For a statement of David Gary Cherna’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 David Gary Cherna in 2022. 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).