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

Galen Douglas Kirkland

On the New York attorney register since 1978 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
1750587
Admitted
1978 · First Department
Status
was Delinquent now Currently registered
Next registration
Sep 2028

Galen Douglas Kirkland is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1978 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Sep 2028. The Aug 6, 2026 file listed this registration as delinquent.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Currently registered” means Galen Douglas Kirkland has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Sep 2028.

  1. was Delinquent now Currently registered changed since the Aug 6, 2026 file
  2. Delinquent unchanged
  3. Delinquent the first file we hold

A change of standing between the 3 files of the last twelve months is struck through in red; the routine birthday cycle is not.

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

Galen Douglas Kirkland studied at University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (the register spells it “UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA”). 277 of its 6,843 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1970s, as Galen Douglas Kirkland was.

Same law school
6,843living graduates; 88.7% 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, 3,808 were admitted before 1978 and 89,226 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. University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School graduates on the register6,843 living, 88.7% 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 19783,834 people admitted in 1978 are on the register, 1,466 of them through the First 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 Galen Douglas Kirkland’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 Galen Douglas Kirkland in 1978. 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).

How to check a lawyer, step by step