David Charles Marcus
On the New York attorney register since 1987 · office in Los Angeles, CA
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 2147619
- Admitted
- 1987 · First Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Feb 2027
David Charles Marcus is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1987 in the First Department, with an office in Los Angeles, CA; next registration due Feb 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 Charles Marcus has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Feb 2027.
- Currently registered unchanged
- Currently registered unchanged
- 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
193 other attorneys list Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 3 of them were admitted before 1987. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1987, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Robert J. Gunther Jr | 1985 | Currently registered |
| Howard M. Shapiro | 1986 | Currently registered |
| Robert Mark Finkel | 1988 | Currently registered |
| Christian Ludwig Duvernoy | 1989 | Currently registered |
| Ronald Ira Meltzer | 1990 | Currently registered |
All 194 registrations that list Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr 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 Charles Marcus studied at Yale Law School. 623 of its 5,039 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as David Charles Marcus was.
- Same law school
- 5,039living graduates; 85.8% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Los Angeles, CA
- 2,891living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 2,891 living registrants with an office in Los Angeles, CA, 296 were admitted before 1987 and 2,570 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 Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP194 on the register, 3 of the others admitted before 1987.
- Yale Law School graduates on the register5,039 living, 85.8% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Los Angeles, CA2,891 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 19875,948 people admitted in 1987 are on the register, 1,999 of them through the First Department.
- Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
- 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 Charles Marcus’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 Charles Marcus in 1987. 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).