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

Elwood Francis Collins

On the New York attorney register since 1972 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
1332402
Admitted
1972 · Second Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
May 2028

Elwood Francis Collins is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1972 in the Second Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due May 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 Elwood Francis Collins has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in May 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

3 other attorneys list R3M Law, LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 1 of them was admitted before 1972, and all 4 give an office in New York, NY. The 3 whose admission is closest to 1972, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Jeffrey N. Rich1971Currently registered
Koren B. Blair1983Currently registered
Howard Peter Magaliff1985Currently 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

Elwood Francis Collins studied at New York University School of Law. 1,920 of its 23,248 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1970s, as Elwood Francis Collins was.

Same law school
23,248living 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, 1,673 were admitted before 1972 and 91,721 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. New York University School of Law graduates on the register23,248 living, 86.5% registered.
  2. Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
  3. New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
  4. Admitted in 19721,983 people admitted in 1972 are on the register, 916 of them through the Second Department.
  5. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  6. 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 Elwood Francis Collins’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Second Department, which admitted Elwood Francis Collins in 1972. 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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