Deborah Karen Steinberger
On the New York attorney register since 2000 · office in Irvine, CA
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 3053295
- Admitted
- 2000 · First Department
- Status
- Due to re‑register
- Next registration
- Nov 2026
Deborah Karen Steinberger is due to re‑register on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2000 in the First Department, with an office in Irvine, CA; next registration due Nov 2026. Since Jul 3, 2026 it has moved only through the routine two-year cycle.
What this status means on the register
On the register, “Due to re‑register” means the attorney has a biennial registration falling due or overdue: the rule asks for it within 30 days after the attorney’s birthday in each alternate year, and the record gives the month it is due. The value stays until the register records the filing or marks the registration delinquent, so the month can have passed; by itself it is not a finding.
- Currently registered to Due to re‑register the routine two-year cycle: the registration window opened
- 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
The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Kahana & Feld, LLP”. We count that spelling with Kahana Feld LLP, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
54 other attorneys list Kahana Feld LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 6 of them were admitted before 2000, and 3 of the 55 give an office in Irvine, CA. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2000, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Timothy Robert Capowski | 1995 | Currently registered |
| Susan Mauro | 1997 | Currently registered |
| Haydee Correa | 1998 | Due to re‑register |
| Melvin Michael Wright Jr | 2006 | Currently registered |
| Eric Samuel Bernhardt | 2007 | Currently 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
Deborah Karen Steinberger studied at Fordham University School of Law (the register spells it “FORDHAM”). 4,485 of its 20,418 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as Deborah Karen Steinberger was.
- Same law school
- 20,418living graduates; 87.9% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Irvine, CA
- 344living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 344 living registrants with an office in Irvine, CA, 77 were admitted before 2000 and 258 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 Kahana Feld LLP55 on the register, 6 of the others admitted before 2000; 3 of the 55 give an office in Irvine, CA.
- Fordham University School of Law graduates on the register20,418 living, 87.9% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Irvine, CA344 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 20007,585 people admitted in 2000 are on the register, 2,884 of them through the First Department.
- Every registration that reads “Due to re‑register”47,986 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 Deborah Karen Steinberger’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 Deborah Karen Steinberger in 2000. 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).