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

Jeffrey T. Kern

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

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

Registration No.
2202828
Admitted
1988 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Apr 2028

Jeffrey T. Kern is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1988 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; 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, “Currently registered” means Jeffrey T. Kern has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Apr 2028.

  1. Currently registered unchanged
  2. Currently registered unchanged
  3. 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

265 other attorneys list Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 15 of them were admitted before 1988, and 184 of the 266 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1988, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Eric Lee Altman1987Currently registered
Richard Alan Friedman1988Due to re‑register
John Peter Stigi III1988Currently registered
Barbara Elaine Taylor1988Due to re‑register
Ross Adam Honig1989Currently registered

All 266 registrations that list Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton 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

Jeffrey T. Kern studied at Duke University School of Law (the register spells it “DUKE UNIVERSITY”). 300 of its 3,789 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Jeffrey T. Kern was.

Same law school
3,789living graduates; 88.3% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in New York, NY
93,604living registrants

Of the 93,604 living registrants with an office in New York, NY, 11,793 were admitted before 1988 and 80,771 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 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP266 on the register, 15 of the others admitted before 1988; 184 of the 266 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. Duke University School of Law graduates on the register3,789 living, 88.3% registered.
  3. Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
  4. New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 19886,238 people admitted in 1988 are on the register, 2,076 of them through the First Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 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 Jeffrey T. Kern’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 Jeffrey T. Kern in 1988. A complaint about this attorney would go to the First Department’s grievance committee, which covers New York 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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