Kenneth M Portner
On the New York attorney register since 2005 · office in Philadelphia, PA
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 4346367
- Admitted
- 2005 · Third Department
- Status
- Suspended, delinquent
- Next registration
- Jun 2027
Kenneth M Portner is suspended, delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2005 in the Third Department, with an office in Philadelphia, PA; next registration due Jun 2027. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.
What this status means on the register
On the register, “Suspended, delinquent” means the attorney is recorded as suspended from practice, with the registration also delinquent. The register does not give the reason or date of a suspension; the Appellate Division’s order does.
- Suspended, delinquent unchanged
- Suspended, delinquent unchanged
- Suspended, delinquent 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 “Webergallagher”. We count that spelling with Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
42 other attorneys list Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 17 of them were admitted before 2005, and 3 of the 43 give an office in Philadelphia, PA. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2005, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Joyce Devlin | 2002 | Due to re‑register |
| Diane Beckman Carvell | 2003 | Currently registered |
| Catherine De Angelis | 2003 | Currently registered |
| James Anthony Wescoe | 2004 | Currently registered |
| Cheryl Anne Binosa | 2007 | Currently registered |
All 43 registrations that list Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby 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 M Portner studied at Penn State Dickinson Law (the register spells it “DICKINSON SCHOOL OF LAW”). 137 of its 671 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as Kenneth M Portner was.
- Same law school
- 671living graduates; 88.5% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Philadelphia, PA
- 1,878living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 1,878 living registrants with an office in Philadelphia, PA, 637 were admitted before 2005 and 1,193 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 Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP43 on the register, 17 of the others admitted before 2005; 3 of the 43 give an office in Philadelphia, PA.
- Penn State Dickinson Law graduates on the register671 living, 88.5% registered; 2 of them list Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Philadelphia, PA1,878 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 20058,525 people admitted in 2005 are on the register, 2,667 of them through the Third Department.
- Every registration that reads “Suspended, delinquent”20,229 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 Kenneth M Portner’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Third Department, which admitted Kenneth M Portner in 2005. 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).