Joel Rathin Samuels
On the New York attorney register since 2009 · office in Saint Louis, MO
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 4654836
- Admitted
- 2009 · Third Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Apr 2027
Joel Rathin Samuels is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2009 in the Third Department, with an office in Saint Louis, MO; 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 Joel Rathin Samuels 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 “Harness, Dickey & Pierce”. We count that spelling with Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C., the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
2 other attorneys list Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 1 of them was admitted before 2009. The 2 whose admission is closest to 2009, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew John Lestina | 1996 | Currently registered |
| Michael Teich | 2012 | 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 Rathin Samuels studied at Penn State Law (the register spells it “Penn State Law University Park”). 32 of its 333 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as Joel Rathin Samuels was.
- Same law school
- 333living graduates; 94.3% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Saint Louis, MO
- 214living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 214 living registrants with an office in Saint Louis, MO, 114 were admitted before 2009 and 93 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
- Penn State Law graduates on the register333 living, 94.3% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Saint Louis, MO214 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 200910,203 people admitted in 2009 are on the register, 3,337 of them through the Third 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 Rathin Samuels’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Third Department, which admitted Joel Rathin Samuels in 2009. 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).