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

John Henry Small Jr.

On the New York attorney register since 2021 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
5861406
Admitted
2021 · Second Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Oct 2027

John Henry Small Jr. is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2021 in the Second Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Oct 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 Henry Small Jr. has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Oct 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

5 other attorneys list Alan Ripka & Associates, LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 5 of them were admitted before 2021, and all 6 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2021, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Alan Seth Ripka1990Currently registered
Seth Michael Katz1992Due to re‑register
Emily Protected Flowers2000Due to re‑register
Lawrence H. Katz2000Currently registered
Sarah Jane Green2006Due to re‑register

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 Henry Small Jr. studied at Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University (the register spells it “Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law”). 1,428 of its 11,234 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2020s, as John Henry Small Jr. was.

Same law school
11,234living graduates; 92.1% 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, 75,518 were admitted before 2021 and 15,286 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. Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University graduates on the register11,234 living, 92.1% registered.
  2. Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
  3. New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
  4. Admitted in 20217,829 people admitted in 2021 are on the register, 2,126 of them through the Second Department.
  5. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  6. 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 Henry Small 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 Henry Small Jr. in 2021. 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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