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

Joseph Blaise Cartafalsa

On the New York attorney register since 1993 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
2553907
Admitted
1993 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Nov 2027

Joseph Blaise Cartafalsa is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1993 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Nov 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 Joseph Blaise Cartafalsa has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Nov 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

The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.”. We count that spelling with Ogletree Deakins, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.

95 other attorneys list Ogletree Deakins or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 6 of them were admitted before 1993, and 31 of the 96 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1993, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Bruce J. Douglas1990Due to re‑register
Patrick Michael Collins1991Currently registered
John Anthony Morrison1991Currently registered
Diane Marjorie Saunders1993Currently registered
Richard Allison Braden1996Currently registered

All 96 registrations that list Ogletree Deakins

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

Joseph Blaise Cartafalsa studied at Fordham University School of Law (the register spells it “FORDHAM”). 3,687 of its 20,418 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1990s, as Joseph Blaise Cartafalsa was.

Same law school
20,418living graduates; 87.9% 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, 17,459 were admitted before 1993 and 74,852 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 Ogletree Deakins96 on the register, 6 of the others admitted before 1993; 31 of the 96 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. Fordham University School of Law graduates on the register20,418 living, 87.9% 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 19936,439 people admitted in 1993 are on the register, 2,167 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 Joseph Blaise Cartafalsa’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 Joseph Blaise Cartafalsa in 1993. 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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