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

Joseph Glendening Curran

On the New York attorney register since 1989 · office in Rochester, NY

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

Registration No.
2299964
Admitted
1989 · Third Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Feb 2027

Joseph Glendening Curran is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1989 in the Third Department, with an office in Rochester, NY; next registration due Feb 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 Glendening Curran has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Feb 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

218 other attorneys list Hodgson Russ LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 28 of them were admitted before 1989, and 21 of the 219 give an office in Rochester, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1989, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Christopher Lawrence Doyle1988Currently registered
Thomas Joseph Collura1989Currently registered
Michael E. Maxwell1989Currently registered
Paul Meosky1989Currently registered
Glen P. Doherty1990Currently registered

All 219 registrations that list Hodgson Russ 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

Joseph Glendening Curran studied at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law (the register spells it “VILLANOVA SCHOOL OF LAW”). 215 of its 1,575 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Joseph Glendening Curran was.

Same law school
1,575living graduates; 88.4% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Rochester, NY
2,353living registrants

Of the 2,353 living registrants with an office in Rochester, NY, 543 were admitted before 1989 and 1,769 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 Hodgson Russ LLP219 on the register, 28 of the others admitted before 1989; 21 of the 219 give an office in Rochester, NY.
  2. Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law graduates on the register1,575 living, 88.4% registered.
  3. Attorneys with an office in Rochester, NY2,353 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Monroe County’s registered bar2,430 currently registered, 3.22 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 19896,247 people admitted in 1989 are on the register, 1,222 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 Joseph Glendening Curran’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 Joseph Glendening Curran in 1989. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Fourth Department’s grievance committee, which covers Monroe 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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