David Lee Kovacs
On the New York attorney register since 1980 · office in New York, NY
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 1685577
- Admitted
- 1980 · First Department
- Status
- Delinquent
- Next registration
- Mar 2026
David Lee Kovacs is delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1980 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Mar 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
69 other attorneys list Moses & Singer LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 13 of them were admitted before 1980, and all 70 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1980, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Henry J. Bergman | 1979 | Currently registered |
| Julian S. Millstein | 1979 | Due to re‑register |
| Alan H. Kupferberg | 1980 | Due to re‑register |
| William A. Tanenbaum | 1980 | Currently registered |
| Michael Evan Avidon | 1981 | Due to re‑register |
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 Lee Kovacs studied at Cornell Law School (the register spells it “CORNELL”). 745 of its 7,028 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as David Lee Kovacs was.
- Same law school
- 7,028living graduates; 87.8% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in New York, NY
- 93,604living registrants
Of the 93,604 living registrants with an office in New York, NY, 4,958 were admitted before 1980 and 87,984 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 Moses & Singer LLP70 on the register, 13 of the others admitted before 1980; all 70 give an office in New York, NY.
- Cornell Law School graduates on the register7,028 living, 87.8% registered.
- Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
- New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
- Admitted in 19804,659 people admitted in 1980 are on the register, 1,736 of them through the First 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 Lee Kovacs’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, First Department, which admitted David Lee Kovacs in 1980. A complaint about this attorney would go to the First Department’s grievance committee, which covers New York 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).