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

James Lewis Alberg

On the New York attorney register since 1978 · office in Washington, DC

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

Registration No.
1347798
Admitted
1978 · Second Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Jul 2028

James Lewis Alberg is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1978 in the Second Department, with an office in Washington, DC; next registration due Jul 2028. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Currently registered” means James Lewis Alberg has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Jul 2028.

  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

246 other attorneys list Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 9 of them were admitted before 1978, and 39 of the 247 give an office in Washington, DC. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1978, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Charles Payson Coleman Jr.1977Currently registered
Mark Robert Hellerer1977Due to re‑register
Robert Louis Sills1977Currently registered
Andrew J. Weiner1977Currently registered
David George Keyko1978Due to re‑register

All 247 registrations that list Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman 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

James Lewis Alberg studied at Boston University School of Law (the register spells it “BOSTON UNIVERSITY”). 461 of its 6,362 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1970s, as James Lewis Alberg was.

Same law school
6,362living graduates; 86.6% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Washington, DC
12,527living registrants (outside New York State)

Of the 12,527 living registrants with an office in Washington, DC, 255 were admitted before 1978 and 12,240 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 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP247 on the register, 9 of the others admitted before 1978; 39 of the 247 give an office in Washington, DC.
  2. Boston University School of Law graduates on the register6,362 living, 86.6% registered.
  3. New York-admitted attorneys in Washington, DC12,527 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Admitted in 19783,834 people admitted in 1978 are on the register, 1,650 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 James Lewis Alberg’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 James Lewis Alberg in 1978. 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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