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

Howard Allan Fine

On the New York attorney register since 1992 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
2479467
Admitted
1992 · First Department
Status
Delinquent
Next registration
Oct 2026

Howard Allan Fine is delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1992 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Oct 2026. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold. The month shown is the next cycle’s; the delinquency concerns an earlier registration the register did not receive.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Delinquent” means the attorney has a registration the register shows as due and not received. Under the rule a failure to register results in referral to the Appellate Division for disciplinary action; the register does not show whether a given attorney was referred.

  1. Delinquent unchanged
  2. Delinquent unchanged
  3. Delinquent 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

571 other attorneys list Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 59 of them were admitted before 1992, and 521 of the 572 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1992, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
James Thomas Clark1991Currently registered
Elizabeth M. McDonald1991Suspended, delinquent
Lawrence Neal Barshay1992Currently registered
John M. Bibona1992Currently registered
Brad Jonathan Richter1992Currently registered

All 572 registrations that list Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson 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

Howard Allan Fine studied at Harvard Law School (the register spells it “HARVARD”). 2,161 of its 14,378 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1990s, as Howard Allan Fine was.

Same law school
14,378living graduates; 86.1% 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, 16,207 were admitted before 1992 and 76,145 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 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP572 on the register, 59 of the others admitted before 1992; 521 of the 572 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. Harvard Law School graduates on the register14,378 living, 86.1% registered.
  3. Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
  4. New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 19926,498 people admitted in 1992 are on the register, 2,198 of them through the First Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Delinquent”15,500 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
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How to confirm it officially

For a statement of Howard Allan Fine’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 Howard Allan Fine in 1992. 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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