Hugh Martin Turk

What this status means on the register

Others who list this employer on the register

The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Sullivan, Papain, Block, McManus, Coffinas & Cannavo”. We count that spelling with Sullivan Papain Block McManus Coffinas & Cannavo P.C., the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.

27 other attorneys list Sullivan Papain Block McManus Coffinas & Cannavo P.C. or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 0 of them were admitted before 1974. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1974, earliest first:

All 28 registrations that list Sullivan Papain Block McManus Coffinas & Cannavo P.C.

Where this record sits on the register

Hugh Martin Turk studied at Duke University School of Law (the register spells it “DUKE UNIVERSITY”). 122 of its 3,789 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1970s, as Hugh Martin Turk was.

Same law school

3,789living graduates; 88.3% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall

Office in Hackensack, NJ

684living registrants (outside New York State)

Of the 684 living registrants with an office in Hackensack, NJ, 12 were admitted before 1974 and 671 after.

Questions this record leads to

1. Everyone who lists Sullivan Papain Block McManus Coffinas & Cannavo P.C.28 on the register, 0 of the others admitted before 1974.
2. Duke University School of Law graduates on the register3,789 living, 88.3% registered.
3. New York-admitted attorneys in Hackensack, NJ684 living registrants give an office there.
4. Admitted in 19742,908 people admitted in 1974 are on the register, 1,270 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 Hugh Martin Turk’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 Hugh Martin Turk in 1974. 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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