David Saniel Schaffer Jr
On the New York attorney register since 1989 · office in Chicago, IL
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 2246510
- Admitted
- 1989 · First Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Sep 2027
David Saniel Schaffer Jr is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1989 in the First Department, with an office in Chicago, IL; next registration due Sep 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 Saniel Schaffer Jr has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Sep 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
87 other attorneys list Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 4 of them were admitted before 1989, and 4 of the 88 give an office in Chicago, IL. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1989, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen Wise Feingold | 1986 | Delinquent |
| Ronald Lee Raider | 1986 | Currently registered |
| Margaret Clare McHugh | 1987 | Currently registered |
| Michael Joseph Cochran | 1990 | Currently registered |
| Shlomo Huttler | 1991 | Currently registered |
All 88 registrations that list Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton 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 Saniel Schaffer Jr studied at Harvard Law School (the register spells it “HARVARD UNIVERSITY”). 1,661 of its 14,378 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as David Saniel Schaffer Jr was.
- Same law school
- 14,378living graduates; 86.1% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Chicago, IL
- 2,265living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 2,265 living registrants with an office in Chicago, IL, 152 were admitted before 1989 and 2,096 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 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP88 on the register, 4 of the others admitted before 1989; 4 of the 88 give an office in Chicago, IL.
- Harvard Law School graduates on the register14,378 living, 86.1% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Chicago, IL2,265 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 19896,247 people admitted in 1989 are on the register, 2,150 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 Saniel Schaffer Jr’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 Saniel Schaffer Jr in 1989. 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).