Jody Steven Ponsa Kraus
On the New York attorney register since 2015 · office in New York, NY
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 5351838
- Admitted
- 2015 · First Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Sep 2027
Jody Steven Ponsa Kraus is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2015 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Sep 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 Jody Steven Ponsa Kraus has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Sep 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.
Where this record sits on the register
Jody Steven Ponsa Kraus studied at Yale Law School (the register spells it “YALE LAW SCHOOL”). 1,147 of its 5,039 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Jody Steven Ponsa Kraus was.
- Same law school
- 5,039living graduates; 85.8% 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, 60,001 were admitted before 2015 and 31,036 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
- Yale Law School graduates on the register5,039 living, 85.8% registered.
- Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
- New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
- Admitted in 20158,867 people admitted in 2015 are on the register, 2,550 of them through the First 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 Jody Steven Ponsa Kraus’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 Jody Steven Ponsa Kraus in 2015. 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).