David Butler Harrison
On the New York attorney register since 2009 · office in Montclair, NJ
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 4638342
- Admitted
- 2009 · Second Department
- Status
- Delinquent
- Next registration
- Sep 2027
David Butler Harrison is delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2009 in the Second Department, with an office in Montclair, NJ; next registration due Sep 2027. Since Jul 3, 2026 it has moved only through the routine two-year cycle. 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
was Due to re‑registernow Delinquent changed since the Jul 3, 2026 file- Due to re‑register the first file we hold
A change of standing between the 3 files of the last twelve months is struck through in red; the routine birthday cycle is not.
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
16 other attorneys list Spiro Harrison & Nelson or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 6 of them were admitted before 2009, and 9 of the 17 give an office in Montclair, NJ. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2009, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Kira S. Dabby | 2005 | Currently registered |
| Meredith Anne Sharoky | 2008 | Due to re‑register |
| Michelle Catherine Clerkin | 2011 | Currently registered |
| Michael James Sullivan | 2011 | Currently registered |
| Thomas Michael Kenny | 2012 | 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 Butler Harrison studied at Brooklyn Law School. 4,028 of its 20,058 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as David Butler Harrison was.
- Same law school
- 20,058living graduates; 86.6% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Montclair, NJ
- 191living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 191 living registrants with an office in Montclair, NJ, 142 were admitted before 2009 and 42 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 Spiro Harrison & Nelson17 on the register, 6 of the others admitted before 2009; 9 of the 17 give an office in Montclair, NJ.
- Brooklyn Law School graduates on the register20,058 living, 86.6% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Montclair, NJ191 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 200910,203 people admitted in 2009 are on the register, 2,712 of them through the Second 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 Butler Harrison’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 David Butler Harrison in 2009. 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).