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

James Joseph Godfrey Jr

On the New York attorney register since 1988 · office in Wading River, NY

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

Registration No.
2198695
Admitted
1988 · Second Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Jun 2028

James Joseph Godfrey Jr is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1988 in the Second Department, with an office in Wading River, NY; next registration due Jun 2028. Since Jul 3, 2026 it has moved only through the routine two-year cycle.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Currently registered” means James Joseph Godfrey Jr has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Jun 2028.

  1. Currently registered unchanged
  2. Due to re‑register to Currently registered the routine two-year cycle: the registration window closed with a filing
  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.

Where this record sits on the register

James Joseph Godfrey Jr studied at Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center (the register spells it “TOURO COLL JACOB D FUCHSB”). 555 of its 6,308 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as James Joseph Godfrey Jr was.

Same law school
6,308living graduates; 92.5% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Wading River, NY
20living registrants

Of the 20 living registrants with an office in Wading River, NY, 6 were admitted before 1988 and 12 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. Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center graduates on the register6,308 living, 92.5% registered.
  2. Suffolk County’s registered bar5,823 currently registered, 3.81 per 1,000 residents.
  3. Admitted in 19886,238 people admitted in 1988 are on the register, 2,577 of them through the Second Department.
  4. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  5. 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 Joseph Godfrey Jr’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 Joseph Godfrey Jr in 1988. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Second Department’s Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, which covers Suffolk 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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