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

Joseph A Guay

On the New York attorney register since 2016 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
5471321
Admitted
2016 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Mar 2028

Joseph A Guay is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2016 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Mar 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 A Guay has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Mar 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

454 other attorneys list Holland & Knight LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 296 of them were admitted before 2016, and 218 of the 455 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2016, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Michael Lawrence Chapman2016Currently registered
Joshua Cohn2016Currently registered
Michael Harris Helweil2016Due to re‑register
James P. Kelly2016Currently registered
Ryan Martin Kocse2016Currently registered

All 455 registrations that list Holland & Knight 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 A Guay studied at Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law (the register spells it “CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY”). 255 of its 1,295 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Joseph A Guay was.

Same law school
1,295living graduates; 85.3% 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, 62,568 were admitted before 2016 and 28,586 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 Holland & Knight LLP455 on the register, 296 of the others admitted before 2016; 218 of the 455 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law graduates on the register1,295 living, 85.3% 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 20168,420 people admitted in 2016 are on the register, 2,373 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 A Guay’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 A Guay in 2016. 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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