Joel Howard Kosh
On the New York attorney register since 2014 · office in San Francisco, CA
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 5214739
- Admitted
- 2014 · First Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Feb 2028
Joel Howard Kosh is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2014 in the First Department, with an office in San Francisco, CA; next registration due Feb 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 Joel Howard Kosh has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Feb 2028.
- 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 “Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart”. We count that spelling with Ogletree Deakins, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
95 other attorneys list Ogletree Deakins or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 49 of them were admitted before 2014. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2014, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Louis Bellifemine | 2014 | Due to re‑register |
| Michael Justin Bonsignore | 2014 | Currently registered |
| Logan S. Booth | 2014 | Currently registered |
| Matthew Paul Gizzo | 2014 | Due to re‑register |
| Sarah Martin Humble | 2014 | Currently registered |
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
Joel Howard Kosh studied at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University (the register spells it “BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO SCHOOL OF LAW”). 3,303 of its 12,878 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Joel Howard Kosh was.
- Same law school
- 12,878living graduates; 88.9% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in San Francisco, CA
- 2,474living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 2,474 living registrants with an office in San Francisco, CA, 1,673 were admitted before 2014 and 688 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 Ogletree Deakins96 on the register, 49 of the others admitted before 2014.
- Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University graduates on the register12,878 living, 88.9% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in San Francisco, CA2,474 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 201410,747 people admitted in 2014 are on the register, 3,283 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 Joel Howard Kosh’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 Joel Howard Kosh in 2014. 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).