PlainAttorney Register file of Sep 29, 2026 · NY Office of Court Administration, via data.ny.gov

Dexter Twan-Der Chang

On the New York attorney register since 1998 · office in White Plains, NY

PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.

Registration No.
2878841
Admitted
1998 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Apr 2028

Dexter Twan-Der Chang is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1998 in the First Department, with an office in White Plains, NY; next registration due Apr 2028. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Currently registered” means Dexter Twan-Der Chang has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Apr 2028.

  1. Currently registered unchanged
  2. Currently registered unchanged
  3. 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

33 other attorneys list Leason Ellis LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 9 of them were admitted before 1998, and all 34 give an office in White Plains, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1998, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Michael Andrew Davitz1998Currently registered
Howard Ian Grossman1998Currently registered
Susie S. Cheng1999Currently registered
Ralph Joseph Crispino1999Currently registered
Karen Mangasarian2001Currently registered

All 34 registrations that list Leason Ellis 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

Dexter Twan-Der Chang studied at Tulane University Law School. 449 of its 2,194 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1990s, as Dexter Twan-Der Chang was.

Same law school
2,194living graduates; 87.7% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in White Plains, NY
3,313living registrants

Of the 3,313 living registrants with an office in White Plains, NY, 1,531 were admitted before 1998 and 1,717 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

  1. Everyone who lists Leason Ellis LLP34 on the register, 9 of the others admitted before 1998; all 34 give an office in White Plains, NY.
  2. Tulane University Law School graduates on the register2,194 living, 87.7% registered.
  3. Attorneys with an office in White Plains, NY3,313 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Westchester County’s registered bar7,255 currently registered, 7.26 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 19987,302 people admitted in 1998 are on the register, 2,659 of them through the First Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  7. 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 Dexter Twan-Der Chang’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 Dexter Twan-Der Chang in 1998. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Second Department’s Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial District, which covers Westchester 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).

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