James Donald Leonard
On the New York attorney register since 2009 · office in Garden City, NY
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 4652533
- Admitted
- 2009 · Second Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Apr 2027
James Donald Leonard is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2009 in the Second Department, with an office in Garden City, NY; next registration due Apr 2027. 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 Donald Leonard has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Apr 2027.
- Currently registered unchanged
- Currently registered unchanged
- 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
The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Jaspan Schlesinger LLP”. We count that spelling with Jaspan Schlesinger Narendran LLP, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
39 other attorneys list Jaspan Schlesinger Narendran LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 26 of them were admitted before 2009, and all 40 give an office in Garden City, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2009, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Gayle S. Gerson | 2006 | Due to re‑register |
| Christina Jonathan | 2010 | Currently registered |
| Johanna Carmen David | 2011 | Currently registered |
| Jillian Lee McNeil | 2012 | Due to re‑register |
| Jonathan Daniel Roman | 2013 | Currently registered |
All 40 registrations that list Jaspan Schlesinger Narendran 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 Donald Leonard studied at St. John’s University School of Law (the register spells it “St. John's University School of Law”). 2,733 of its 15,595 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as James Donald Leonard was.
- Same law school
- 15,595living graduates; 88.6% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Garden City, NY
- 2,090living registrants
Of the 2,090 living registrants with an office in Garden City, NY, 1,506 were admitted before 2009 and 553 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 Jaspan Schlesinger Narendran LLP40 on the register, 26 of the others admitted before 2009; all 40 give an office in Garden City, NY.
- St. John’s University School of Law graduates on the register15,595 living, 88.6% registered.
- Attorneys with an office in Garden City, NY2,090 living registrants give an office there.
- Nassau County’s registered bar9,622 currently registered, 6.92 per 1,000 residents.
- Admitted in 200910,203 people admitted in 2009 are on the register, 2,712 of them through the Second Department.
- Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 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 Donald Leonard’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 Donald Leonard in 2009. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Second Department’s Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, which covers Nassau 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).