Gerald Sobel
On the New York attorney register since 1963 · office in New York, NY
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 1040294
- Admitted
- 1963 · First Department
- Status
- Due to re‑register
- Next registration
- Jul 2026
Gerald Sobel is due to re‑register on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1963 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Jul 2026. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold. The registration was due in Jul 2026 and the register has not recorded it as filed.
What this status means on the register
On the register, “Due to re‑register” means the attorney has a biennial registration falling due or overdue: the rule asks for it within 30 days after the attorney’s birthday in each alternate year, and the record gives the month it is due. The value stays until the register records the filing or marks the registration delinquent, so the month can have passed; by itself it is not a finding. How many hold this status.
- Due to re‑register unchanged
- Due to re‑register unchanged
- Due to re‑register the first file we hold
We show the 3 register files of the last twelve months (Jul 3, 2026, Aug 6, 2026, Sep 29, 2026). A change of standing between them 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.
Others who list this employer on the register
The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Arnold & Porter”. We count that spelling with Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
424 other attorneys list Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1963, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Louis Lipson | 1958 | Delinquent |
| Herbert Stephen Edelman | 1963 | Due to re‑register |
| Jay Gerson Strum | 1963 | Currently registered |
| Richard Charles Seltzer | 1968 | Suspended, delinquent |
| Michael John Canning | 1972 | Currently registered |
All 425 registrations that list Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer 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
Gerald Sobel studied at New York University School of Law (the register spells it “NYU”).
- Same law school
- 23,248living graduates; 86.5% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in New York, NY
- 93,604living registrants give an office there
Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; living registrants only.
How to confirm it officially
The register is published by the court system; PlainAttorney shows it as released. For a statement of an attorney’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division in the attorney’s department. 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; the court system publishes the file every few weeks, so its own search can be newer. The register shows only the current value: a suspension that ended before the files we hold, or discipline short of suspension such as a censure, leaves no trace here. Appellate Division decisions on attorney discipline are published in the New York Official Reports, online through the court system’s Law Reporting Bureau.