James Michael Destefano
On the New York attorney register since 2011 · office in Denville, NJ
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 4968723
- Admitted
- 2011 · First Department
- Status
- Due to re‑register
- Next registration
- Dec 2025
James Michael Destefano is due to re‑register on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2011 in the First Department, with an office in Denville, NJ; next registration due Dec 2025. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold. The registration was due in Dec 2025 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.
- Due to re‑register unchanged
- Due to re‑register unchanged
- 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
The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Einhorn, Barbarito, Frost & Botwinick, PC”. We count that spelling with Einhorn, Barbarito, Frost, Botwinick, Nunn & Musmanno, P.C., the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
21 other attorneys list Einhorn, Barbarito, Frost, Botwinick, Nunn & Musmanno, P.C. or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 8 of them were admitted before 2011, and 8 of the 22 give an office in Denville, NJ. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2011, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Noah Love | 2010 | Currently registered |
| Christine Michelle McCarthy | 2012 | Currently registered |
| Dorothy Jean Kenney | 2013 | Currently registered |
| Jacob Samuel Narva | 2013 | Currently registered |
| Jonathan Asher Schwartz | 2013 | Currently registered |
All 22 registrations that list Einhorn, Barbarito, Frost, Botwinick, Nunn & Musmanno, P.C.
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 Michael Destefano studied at New York Law School (the register spells it “NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL”). 3,401 of its 15,601 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as James Michael Destefano was.
- Same law school
- 15,601living graduates; 87.0% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Denville, NJ
- 30living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 30 living registrants with an office in Denville, NJ, 22 were admitted before 2011 and 6 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
- Everyone who lists Einhorn, Barbarito, Frost, Botwinick, Nunn & Musmanno, P.C.22 on the register, 8 of the others admitted before 2011; 8 of the 22 give an office in Denville, NJ.
- New York Law School graduates on the register15,601 living, 87.0% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Denville, NJ30 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 20119,856 people admitted in 2011 are on the register, 2,849 of them through the First Department.
- Every registration that reads “Due to re‑register”47,986 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
- 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 Michael Destefano’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, First Department, which admitted James Michael Destefano in 2011. 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).