Joseph Howland Harris
On the New York attorney register since 2008 · office in Tampa, FL
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 4658134
- Admitted
- 2008 · First Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- May 2028
Joseph Howland Harris is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2008 in the First Department, with an office in Tampa, FL; next registration due May 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 Howland Harris has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in May 2028.
- Currently registered unchanged
- Currently registered unchanged
- 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 “Fordharrison LLP”. We count that spelling with Ford & Harrison LLP, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
19 other attorneys list Ford & Harrison LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 11 of them were admitted before 2008. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2008, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| David S. Kim | 2007 | Suspended, delinquent |
| Kim Victoria Mercado-Washington | 2007 | Suspended, delinquent |
| Jeffrey Alan Shooman | 2007 | Delinquent |
| Shawndra Genice Jones | 2009 | Currently registered |
| Nancy Helen Van Der Veer | 2009 | Currently registered |
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 Howland Harris studied at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University (the register spells it “BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO SCHOOL OF LAW”). 2,933 of its 12,878 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as Joseph Howland Harris was.
- Same law school
- 12,878living graduates; 88.9% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Tampa, FL
- 437living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 437 living registrants with an office in Tampa, FL, 231 were admitted before 2008 and 190 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
- Everyone who lists Ford & Harrison LLP20 on the register, 11 of the others admitted before 2008.
- Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University graduates on the register12,878 living, 88.9% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Tampa, FL437 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 20089,683 people admitted in 2008 are on the register, 3,620 of them through the First Department.
- Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
- 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 Howland Harris’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 Howland Harris in 2008. The register places the office outside New York, so a complaint would go to that department’s grievance committee (22 NYCRR 1240.7(a)(2)).
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).