Karol K. Sparks
On the New York attorney register since 1993 · office in Chicago, IL
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 2575702
- Admitted
- 1993 · Fourth Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Sep 2027
Karol K. Sparks is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1993 in the Fourth Department, with an office in Chicago, IL; next registration due Sep 2027. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.
What this status means on the register
On the register, “Currently registered” means Karol K. Sparks has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Sep 2027.
- 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 “Barack Ferrazzano LLP”. We count that spelling with Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
9 other attorneys list Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 0 of them were admitted before 1993, and all 10 give an office in Chicago, IL. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1993, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Christine Kelly Nichols | 2000 | Currently registered |
| Thomas Michael Gniot | 2005 | Currently registered |
| Owen H. Smith | 2006 | Currently registered |
| Jeffrey Joseph Davidson | 2010 | Currently registered |
| Abdul Rasheed Mitha | 2011 | Currently registered |
All 10 registrations that list Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg 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
Karol K. Sparks studied at Indiana University Maurer School of Law (the register spells it “INDIANA UNIVERSITY”). 98 of its 934 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1990s, as Karol K. Sparks was.
- Same law school
- 934living graduates; 85.7% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Chicago, IL
- 2,265living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 2,265 living registrants with an office in Chicago, IL, 230 were admitted before 1993 and 2,005 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 Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP10 on the register, 0 of the others admitted before 1993; all 10 give an office in Chicago, IL.
- Indiana University Maurer School of Law graduates on the register934 living, 85.7% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Chicago, IL2,265 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 19936,439 people admitted in 1993 are on the register, 427 of them through the Fourth 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 Karol K. Sparks’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, which admitted Karol K. Sparks in 1993. 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).