PlainAttorney Register file of Sep 29, 2026 · NY Office of Court Administration, via data.ny.gov

Kenneth Phillip Kopelman

On the New York attorney register since 1977 · office in New York, NY

PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.

Registration No.
1441344
Admitted
1977 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Jan 2028

Kenneth Phillip Kopelman is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1977 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Jan 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 Kenneth Phillip Kopelman has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Jan 2028.

  1. Currently registered unchanged
  2. Currently registered unchanged
  3. 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

18 other attorneys list Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 0 of them were admitted before 1977, and 16 of the 19 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1977, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Philip Scott Kaufman1977Currently registered
Marlene Stulbach1979Suspended, delinquent
Antoine Paszkiewicz1980Due to re‑register
Paul Monroe Ritter1981Delinquent
Monica Clement Lord1982Suspended, delinquent

All 19 registrations that list Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel 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

Kenneth Phillip Kopelman studied at Columbia Law School (the register spells it “COLUMBIA”). 1,448 of its 18,953 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1970s, as Kenneth Phillip Kopelman was.

Same law school
18,953living graduates; 87.4% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in New York, NY
93,604living registrants

Of the 93,604 living registrants with an office in New York, NY, 3,308 were admitted before 1977 and 89,796 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

  1. Everyone who lists Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP19 on the register, 0 of the others admitted before 1977; 16 of the 19 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. Columbia Law School graduates on the register18,953 living, 87.4% registered.
  3. Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
  4. New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 19773,593 people admitted in 1977 are on the register, 1,322 of them through the First Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  7. 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 Kenneth Phillip Kopelman’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 Kenneth Phillip Kopelman in 1977. A complaint about this attorney would go to the First Department’s grievance committee, which covers New York County, where the register places the office.

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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