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

Edward P. Christian

On the New York attorney register since 2009 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
4691812
Admitted
2009 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Jun 2027

Edward P. Christian is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2009 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Jun 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 Edward P. Christian has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Jun 2027.

  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

79 other attorneys list Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 41 of them were admitted before 2009, and 55 of the 80 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2009, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Ryan A. Varnum2009Currently registered
Svetlana Zagorina2009Currently registered
Peter Bradley Barlow2010Currently registered
Stephen Michael Forte2010Currently registered
Stephanie Marie Sadler2010Currently registered

All 80 registrations that list Smith, Gambrell & Russell, 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

Edward P. Christian studied at USC Gould School of Law (the register spells it “UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA”). 189 of its 1,147 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as Edward P. Christian was.

Same law school
1,147living graduates; 86.5% 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, 45,161 were admitted before 2009 and 45,994 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 Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP80 on the register, 41 of the others admitted before 2009; 55 of the 80 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. USC Gould School of Law graduates on the register1,147 living, 86.5% registered.
  3. Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
  4. New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 200910,203 people admitted in 2009 are on the register, 3,831 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 Edward P. Christian’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 Edward P. Christian in 2009. 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).

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