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

James J. Bonsignore

On the New York attorney register since 2006 · office in Rochester, NY

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

Registration No.
4422564
Admitted
2006 · Fourth Department
Status
Due to re‑register
Next registration
Jul 2026

James J. Bonsignore is due to re‑register on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2006 in the Fourth Department, with an office in Rochester, NY; next registration due Jul 2026. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold. The registration was due in Jul 2026 and the register has not recorded it as filed.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Due to re‑register” means the attorney has a biennial registration falling due or overdue: the rule asks for it within 30 days after the attorney’s birthday in each alternate year, and the record gives the month it is due. The value stays until the register records the filing or marks the registration delinquent, so the month can have passed; by itself it is not a finding.

  1. Due to re‑register unchanged
  2. Due to re‑register unchanged
  3. Due to re‑register 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

92 other attorneys list Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 47 of them were admitted before 2006, and 82 of the 93 give an office in Rochester, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2006, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Dennis Brian Danella2004Due to re‑register
Francis Michael Ostrander2005Currently registered
Timothy Patrick Lyster2006Currently registered
Michael Paul Nicholson2006Currently registered
Sarah J Kwiatkowski2007Currently registered

All 93 registrations that list Woods Oviatt Gilman 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 J. Bonsignore studied at Vermont Law and Graduate School (the register spells it “VERMONT LAW SCHOOL”). 210 of its 1,201 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as James J. Bonsignore was.

Same law school
1,201living graduates; 86.5% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Rochester, NY
2,353living registrants

Of the 2,353 living registrants with an office in Rochester, NY, 1,267 were admitted before 2006 and 1,043 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 Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP93 on the register, 47 of the others admitted before 2006; 82 of the 93 give an office in Rochester, NY.
  2. Vermont Law and Graduate School graduates on the register1,201 living, 86.5% registered.
  3. Attorneys with an office in Rochester, NY2,353 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Monroe County’s registered bar2,430 currently registered, 3.22 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 20068,638 people admitted in 2006 are on the register, 310 of them through the Fourth Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Due to re‑register”47,986 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  7. 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 J. Bonsignore’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, which admitted James J. Bonsignore in 2006. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Fourth Department’s grievance committee, which covers Monroe 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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