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

John Benjamin Simoni Jr

On the New York attorney register since 1988 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
2209203
Admitted
1988 · Third Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Mar 2028

John Benjamin Simoni Jr is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1988 in the Third Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Mar 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 Benjamin Simoni Jr has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Mar 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

27 other attorneys list Goetz Platzer LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 6 of them were admitted before 1988, and all 28 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1988, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Michael Robert Fleishman1987Currently registered
Howard Marc Jaslow1988Currently registered
Clifford Alan Katz1989Currently registered
Gary Martin Kushner1989Currently registered
Robert John Mastrogiacomo1989Currently registered

All 28 registrations that list Goetz Platzer 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 Benjamin Simoni Jr studied at University of Richmond School of Law. 26 of its 295 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as John Benjamin Simoni Jr was.

Same law school
295living graduates; 89.5% 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, 11,793 were admitted before 1988 and 80,771 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 Goetz Platzer LLP28 on the register, 6 of the others admitted before 1988; all 28 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. University of Richmond School of Law graduates on the register295 living, 89.5% 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 19886,238 people admitted in 1988 are on the register, 1,150 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 Benjamin Simoni Jr’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 Benjamin Simoni Jr in 1988. 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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