Joseph R. Re

What this status means on the register

Others who list this employer on the register

The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP”. We count that spelling with Knobbe Martens, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.

20 other attorneys list Knobbe Martens or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 0 of them were admitted before 1986, and 4 of the 21 give an office in Irvine, CA. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1986, earliest first:

All 21 registrations that list Knobbe Martens

Where this record sits on the register

Joseph R. Re studied at St. John’s University School of Law (the register spells it “ST JOHNS UNIVERSITY”). 3,059 of its 15,595 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Joseph R. Re was.

Same law school

15,595living graduates; 88.6% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall

Office in Irvine, CA

344living registrants (outside New York State)

Of the 344 living registrants with an office in Irvine, CA, 23 were admitted before 1986 and 317 after.

Questions this record leads to

1. Everyone who lists Knobbe Martens21 on the register, 0 of the others admitted before 1986; 4 of the 21 give an office in Irvine, CA.
2. St. John’s University School of Law graduates on the register15,595 living, 88.6% registered.
3. New York-admitted attorneys in Irvine, CA344 living registrants give an office there.
4. Admitted in 19866,111 people admitted in 1986 are on the register, 2,598 of them through the Second 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 R. Re’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 R. Re in 1986. 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).

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