Joseph H. Oswald
On the New York attorney register since 1985
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 2002699
- Admitted
- 1985 · Second Department
- Status
- Disbarred
Joseph H. Oswald is disbarred on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1985 in the Second Department. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.
What this status means on the register
On the register, “Disbarred” means the attorney is recorded as disbarred by the Appellate Division.
- Disbarred unchanged
- Disbarred unchanged
- Disbarred 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 H. Oswald studied at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University (the register spells it “BENJAMIN CARDOZO”). 2,125 of its 12,878 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Joseph H. Oswald was.
- Same law school
- 12,878living graduates; 88.9% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
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
- Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University graduates on the register12,878 living, 88.9% registered.
- Admitted in 19856,046 people admitted in 1985 are on the register, 2,568 of them through the Second Department.
- Every registration that reads “Disbarred”2,189 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
- How to complain about a New York lawyerThe grievance committee for each county, and what it can do.
How to confirm it officially
For a statement of Joseph H. Oswald’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Second Department, which admitted Joseph H. Oswald in 1985. The register publishes no address for this attorney, so it does not show which department’s grievance committee a complaint belongs to; a committee that receives one decides where it goes.
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).