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

Francis Carroll McLaughlin Jr

On the New York attorney register since 1962 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
1225242
Admitted
1962 · Second Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Mar 2028

Francis Carroll McLaughlin Jr is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1962 in the Second Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Mar 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 Francis Carroll McLaughlin Jr has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Mar 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.

Where this record sits on the register

Francis Carroll McLaughlin Jr studied at Fordham University School of Law. 550 of its 20,418 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1960s, as Francis Carroll McLaughlin Jr was.

Same law school
20,418living graduates; 87.9% 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, 249 were admitted before 1962 and 93,283 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. Fordham University School of Law graduates on the register20,418 living, 87.9% 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 19621,468 people admitted in 1962 are on the register, 814 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 Francis Carroll McLaughlin Jr’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 Francis Carroll McLaughlin Jr in 1962. 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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