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

John Michael Tomsky

On the New York attorney register since 1979 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
1166479
Admitted
1979 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Jul 2028

John Michael Tomsky is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1979 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Jul 2028. Since Jul 3, 2026 it has moved only through the routine two-year cycle.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Currently registered” means John Michael Tomsky has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Jul 2028.

  1. Currently registered unchanged
  2. Due to re‑register to Currently registered the routine two-year cycle: the registration window closed with a filing
  3. Due to re‑register 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 “Sullivan Papain Block McManus Coffinas & Cannavo PC”. We count that spelling with Sullivan Papain Block McManus Coffinas & Cannavo P.C., the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.

27 other attorneys list Sullivan Papain Block McManus Coffinas & Cannavo P.C. or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 2 of them were admitted before 1979, and 19 of the 28 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1979, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Hugh Martin Turk1974Currently registered
John Francis Nash1978Due to re‑register
Vito Anthony Cannavo1979Currently registered
Nicholas Papain1979Currently registered
Brian J. Shoot1980Currently registered

All 28 registrations that list Sullivan Papain Block McManus Coffinas & Cannavo P.C.

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 Michael Tomsky studied at University of Miami School of Law (the register spells it “UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI”). 94 of its 2,240 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1970s, as John Michael Tomsky was.

Same law school
2,240living graduates; 88.1% 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, 4,378 were admitted before 1979 and 88,646 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 Sullivan Papain Block McManus Coffinas & Cannavo P.C.28 on the register, 2 of the others admitted before 1979; 19 of the 28 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. University of Miami School of Law graduates on the register2,240 living, 88.1% 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 19793,974 people admitted in 1979 are on the register, 1,513 of them through the First 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 Michael Tomsky’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, First Department, which admitted John Michael Tomsky in 1979. 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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