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

Howard M. Mandel

On the New York attorney register since 1985 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
2002939
Admitted
1985 · Second Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Apr 2027

Howard M. Mandel is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1985 in the Second Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Apr 2027. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Currently registered” means Howard M. Mandel has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Apr 2027.

  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.

Others who list this employer on the register

The only other attorney who lists Mandel & Altholz,, LLP or one of its other names:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Michael Victor Altholz1996Currently registered

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 M. Mandel studied at New England Law Boston (the register spells it “New England School of Law”). 253 of its 1,699 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Howard M. Mandel was.

Same law school
1,699living graduates; 88.2% 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, 8,839 were admitted before 1985 and 83,743 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. New England Law Boston graduates on the register1,699 living, 88.2% 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 19856,046 people admitted in 1985 are on the register, 2,568 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 Howard M. Mandel’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 Howard M. Mandel in 1985. 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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