James Edward Banagan
On the New York attorney register since 1974
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 1206382
- Admitted
- 1974 · Third Department
- Status
- Suspended, currently registered
- Next registration
- Apr 2028
James Edward Banagan is suspended, currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1974 in the Third Department; next registration due Apr 2028. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.
What this status means on the register
On the register, “Suspended, currently registered” means the attorney is recorded as suspended from practice while the registration itself is current. The register does not give the reason or date of a suspension.
- Suspended, currently registered unchanged
- Suspended, currently registered unchanged
- Suspended, 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.
Where this record sits on the register
James Edward Banagan studied at Albany Law School (the register spells it “ALBANY”). 1,173 of its 10,183 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1970s, as James Edward Banagan was.
- Same law school
- 10,183living graduates; 91.3% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
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
- Albany Law School graduates on the register10,183 living, 91.3% registered.
- Admitted in 19742,908 people admitted in 1974 are on the register, 259 of them through the Third Department.
- Every registration that reads “Suspended, currently registered”1,440 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
- How to complain about a New York lawyerThe grievance committee for each county, and what it can do.
How to confirm it officially
For a statement of James Edward Banagan’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Third Department, which admitted James Edward Banagan in 1974. The register publishes no address for this attorney, so it does not show which department’s grievance committee a complaint belongs to; a committee that receives one decides where it goes.
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).