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

John J. Bello Jr

On the New York attorney register since 1989 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
2245991
Admitted
1989 · Second Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Mar 2027

John J. Bello Jr is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1989 in the Second Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Mar 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 John J. Bello Jr has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Mar 2027.

  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

The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Law Office of John J. Bello, JR.”. We count that spelling with Law Offices of John J. Bello, JR., the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.

15 other attorneys list Law Offices of John J. Bello, JR. or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 3 of them were admitted before 1989, and all 16 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1989, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Timothy Joseph Murphy1987Currently registered
Paul McBride1990Due to re‑register
Paul Anthony Hurley1991Currently registered
Scott Bruce Pero1991Currently registered
Stephen Alan Saltzman1992Currently registered

All 16 registrations that list Law Offices of John J. Bello, JR.

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

John J. Bello Jr studied at St. John’s University School of Law (the register spells it “ST JOHNS”). 3,059 of its 15,595 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as John J. Bello Jr was.

Same law school
15,595living graduates; 88.6% 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, 12,833 were admitted before 1989 and 79,650 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 Law Offices of John J. Bello, JR.16 on the register, 3 of the others admitted before 1989; all 16 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. St. John’s University School of Law graduates on the register15,595 living, 88.6% 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 19896,247 people admitted in 1989 are on the register, 2,453 of them through the Second 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 John J. Bello Jr’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 John J. Bello Jr in 1989. 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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