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

David Ezra Kay

On the New York attorney register since 2007 · office in Bethesda, MD

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

Registration No.
4539110
Admitted
2007 · Third Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Nov 2027

David Ezra Kay is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2007 in the Third Department, with an office in Bethesda, MD; next registration due Nov 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 David Ezra Kay has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Nov 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

The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Lerch, Early & Brewer, CHTD.”. We count that spelling with Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chartered, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.

6 other attorneys list Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chartered or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 4 of them were admitted before 2007, and all 7 give an office in Bethesda, MD. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2007, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Stuart A. Berman1984Due to re‑register
Frank Steven Baldino1989Currently registered
Stuart Alan Schwager1993Currently registered
Alexa Kara Watford2019Currently registered
Charmaine Negredo Calderini-Galvan2021Currently 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 Ezra Kay studied at University of Florida Levin College of Law (the register spells it “UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA”). 185 of its 813 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as David Ezra Kay was.

Same law school
813living graduates; 87.6% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Bethesda, MD
349living registrants (outside New York State)

Of the 349 living registrants with an office in Bethesda, MD, 232 were admitted before 2007 and 110 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. University of Florida Levin College of Law graduates on the register813 living, 87.6% registered.
  2. New York-admitted attorneys in Bethesda, MD349 living registrants give an office there.
  3. Admitted in 20078,913 people admitted in 2007 are on the register, 2,894 of them through the Third Department.
  4. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  5. 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 David Ezra Kay’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 Ezra Kay in 2007. 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).

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