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

John C. Fish

On the New York attorney register since 1966 · office in Binghamton, NY

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

Registration No.
1034552
Admitted
1966 · Third Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Jun 2028

John C. Fish is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1966 in the Third Department, with an office in Binghamton, NY; next registration due Jun 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 John C. Fish has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Jun 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

87 other attorneys list Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 3 of them were admitted before 1966, and 57 of the 88 give an office in Binghamton, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1966, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
William C. Burtis Jr.1962Delinquent
James M. Hayes1965Currently registered
Ralph K. Kessler1968Currently registered
Richard Paul Woodhouse1970Delinquent
Jon Seth Blechman1971Currently registered

All 88 registrations that list Hinman, Howard & Kattell, 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

John C. Fish studied at Cornell Law School (the register spells it “CORNELL”). 269 of its 7,028 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1960s, as John C. Fish was.

Same law school
7,028living graduates; 87.8% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Binghamton, NY
330living registrants

Of the 330 living registrants with an office in Binghamton, NY, 5 were admitted before 1966 and 324 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 Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP88 on the register, 3 of the others admitted before 1966; 57 of the 88 give an office in Binghamton, NY.
  2. Cornell Law School graduates on the register7,028 living, 87.8% registered.
  3. Attorneys with an office in Binghamton, NY330 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Broome County’s registered bar386 currently registered, 1.96 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 19661,587 people admitted in 1966 are on the register, 113 of them through the Third 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 C. Fish’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 John C. Fish in 1966. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Third Department’s grievance committee, which covers Broome 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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