Joseph Brian Johns
On the New York attorney register since 2016 · office in Atlanta, GA
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 5464094
- Admitted
- 2016 · First Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Mar 2028
Joseph Brian Johns 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 Atlanta, GA; 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 Brian Johns has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Mar 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 “Wicker, Smith, O’Hara. McCoy & Ford”. We count that spelling with Wicker, Smith, O’Hara, McCoy & Ford, P.A., the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
4 other attorneys list Wicker, Smith, O’Hara, McCoy & Ford, P.A. or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 2 of them were admitted before 2016. The 4 whose admission is closest to 2016, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Melissa T. Woodward | 2001 | Currently registered |
| Elaine Blanchard | 2004 | Currently registered |
| Robert Emerito Paradela Jr | 2021 | Currently registered |
| Jessica-Ann Mohabir Fermin | 2023 | 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 Brian Johns studied at Rutgers Law School (the register spells it “RUTGERS LAW SCHOOL - JD”). 1,902 of its 7,506 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Joseph Brian Johns was.
- Same law school
- 7,506living graduates; 84.1% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Atlanta, GA
- 1,277living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 1,277 living registrants with an office in Atlanta, GA, 975 were admitted before 2016 and 258 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
- Rutgers Law School graduates on the register7,506 living, 84.1% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Atlanta, GA1,277 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 20168,420 people admitted in 2016 are on the register, 2,373 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 Brian Johns’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 Brian Johns in 2016. 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).