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

Jonathan S. Brenner

On the New York attorney register since 1981 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
1703594
Admitted
1981 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Oct 2028

Jonathan S. Brenner is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1981 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Oct 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 Jonathan S. Brenner has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Oct 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

26 other attorneys list Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 4 of them were admitted before 1981, and 3 of the 27 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1981, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Cono R. Namorato1968Currently registered
Patricia Gimbel Lewis1974Currently registered
Richard Lawrence Reinhold1977Currently registered
Sharon G. Hyman1984Due to re‑register
Scott D. Michel1993Currently registered

All 27 registrations that list Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered

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

Jonathan S. Brenner studied at University of Michigan Law School (the register spells it “UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN”). 501 of its 4,806 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Jonathan S. Brenner was.

Same law school
4,806living graduates; 86.9% 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, 5,620 were admitted before 1981 and 87,255 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 Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered27 on the register, 4 of the others admitted before 1981; 3 of the 27 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. University of Michigan Law School graduates on the register4,806 living, 86.9% 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 19814,916 people admitted in 1981 are on the register, 1,643 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 Jonathan S. Brenner’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 Jonathan S. Brenner in 1981. 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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