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

Harold L. Kaplan

On the New York attorney register since 1976 · office in Chicago, IL

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

Registration No.
1780030
Admitted
1976 · First Department
Status
Due to re‑register
Next registration
Oct 2026

Harold L. Kaplan is due to re‑register on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1976 in the First Department, with an office in Chicago, IL; next registration due Oct 2026. Since Jul 3, 2026 it has moved only through the routine two-year cycle.

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.

  1. Currently registered to Due to re‑register the routine two-year cycle: the registration window opened
  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

134 other attorneys list Foley & Lardner LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 4 of them were admitted before 1976, and 5 of the 135 give an office in Chicago, IL. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1976, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Robert Alan Burka1971Currently registered
George Tedesche Simon1973Suspended, delinquent
Peter Neil Wang1974Due to re‑register
Barry Gene Felder1978Currently registered
Susan Jewel Schwartz1980Currently registered

All 135 registrations that list Foley & Lardner 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

Harold L. Kaplan studied at University of Chicago Law School. 170 of its 3,232 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1970s, as Harold L. Kaplan was.

Same law school
3,232living graduates; 87.4% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Chicago, IL
2,265living registrants (outside New York State)

Of the 2,265 living registrants with an office in Chicago, IL, 27 were admitted before 1976 and 2,235 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 Foley & Lardner LLP135 on the register, 4 of the others admitted before 1976; 5 of the 135 give an office in Chicago, IL.
  2. University of Chicago Law School graduates on the register3,232 living, 87.4% registered.
  3. New York-admitted attorneys in Chicago, IL2,265 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Admitted in 19763,226 people admitted in 1976 are on the register, 1,169 of them through the First Department.
  5. Every registration that reads “Due to re‑register”47,986 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 Harold L. Kaplan’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 Harold L. Kaplan in 1976. The register places the office outside New York, so a complaint would go to that department’s grievance committee (22 NYCRR 1240.7(a)(2)).

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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