David Kessler
On the New York attorney register since 2009 · office in Radnor, PA
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 4746483
- Admitted
- 2009 · Third Department
- Status
- Delinquent
- Next registration
- Mar 2027
David Kessler is delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2009 in the Third Department, with an office in Radnor, PA; next registration due Mar 2027. 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
15 other attorneys list Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 7 of them were admitted before 2009, and all 16 give an office in Radnor, PA. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2009, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Geoffrey C Jarvis | 2006 | Currently registered |
| Eric L. Zagar | 2007 | Currently registered |
| Sean Michael Handler | 2012 | Currently registered |
| Joseph Howard Meltzer | 2012 | Due to re‑register |
| Darren Jon Check | 2013 | Currently registered |
All 16 registrations that list Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, 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
David Kessler studied at Emory University School of Law (the register spells it “EMORY SCHOOL OF LAW”). 562 of its 2,405 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as David Kessler was.
- Same law school
- 2,405living graduates; 89.4% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Radnor, PA
- 45living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 45 living registrants with an office in Radnor, PA, 25 were admitted before 2009 and 19 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 Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP16 on the register, 7 of the others admitted before 2009; all 16 give an office in Radnor, PA.
- Emory University School of Law graduates on the register2,405 living, 89.4% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Radnor, PA45 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 200910,203 people admitted in 2009 are on the register, 3,337 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 Kessler’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 Kessler 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).