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

Joseph Benito Fernandez

On the New York attorney register since 1990 · office in East Elmhurst, NY

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

Registration No.
2367043
Admitted
1990 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Apr 2028

Joseph Benito Fernandez is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1990 in the First Department, with an office in East Elmhurst, NY; next registration due Apr 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 Joseph Benito Fernandez has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Apr 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.

Where this record sits on the register

Joseph Benito Fernandez studied at Brooklyn Law School (the register spells it “BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL”). 3,720 of its 20,058 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1990s, as Joseph Benito Fernandez was.

Same law school
20,058living graduates; 86.6% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in East Elmhurst, NY
95living registrants

Of the 95 living registrants with an office in East Elmhurst, NY, 9 were admitted before 1990 and 84 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. Brooklyn Law School graduates on the register20,058 living, 86.6% registered.
  2. Attorneys with an office in East Elmhurst, NY95 living registrants give an office there.
  3. Queens County’s registered bar4,163 currently registered, 1.79 per 1,000 residents.
  4. Admitted in 19906,112 people admitted in 1990 are on the register, 2,199 of them through the First 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 Joseph Benito Fernandez’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 Benito Fernandez in 1990. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Second Department’s Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh and Thirteenth Judicial Districts, which covers Queens 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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