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

John Hastings Fitzsimons

On the New York attorney register since 1984 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
1939552
Admitted
1984 · Second Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Dec 2026

John Hastings Fitzsimons is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1984 in the Second Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Dec 2026. 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 Hastings Fitzsimons has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Dec 2026.

  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 “Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck”. We count that spelling with Kaufman Dolowich LLP, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.

102 other attorneys list Kaufman Dolowich LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 5 of them were admitted before 1984, and 33 of the 103 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1984, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Daniel Eric Katz1982Currently registered
Mary Jo Lynch1982Due to re‑register
Howard S. Kronberg1985Currently registered
Kevin Joseph Windels1985Currently registered
Kevin Mark Mattessich1986Currently registered

All 103 registrations that list Kaufman Dolowich 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 Hastings Fitzsimons 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 Hastings Fitzsimons 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, 7,928 were admitted before 1984 and 84,765 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 Kaufman Dolowich LLP103 on the register, 5 of the others admitted before 1984; 33 of the 103 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 19845,952 people admitted in 1984 are on the register, 2,421 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 Hastings Fitzsimons’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 Hastings Fitzsimons in 1984. 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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