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

Kinda Serafi

On the New York attorney register since 2000 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
3052438
Admitted
2000 · Second Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Apr 2028

Kinda Serafi is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2000 in the Second Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Apr 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 Kinda Serafi has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Apr 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

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

87 other attorneys list Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 37 of them were admitted before 2000, and 54 of the 88 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2000, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Binta Niambi Brown1999Currently registered
Dylan Matthew Carson1999Currently registered
Manjula Kaur Gill1999Currently registered
Brian Scott Korn2000Due to re‑register
John William McGuinness2000Currently registered

All 88 registrations that list Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, 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

Kinda Serafi studied at University at Buffalo School of Law (SUNY) (the register spells it “SUNY Buffalo Law School”). 1,839 of its 9,828 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as Kinda Serafi was.

Same law school
9,828living graduates; 90.9% 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, 27,880 were admitted before 2000 and 64,004 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 Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP88 on the register, 37 of the others admitted before 2000; 54 of the 88 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. University at Buffalo School of Law (SUNY) graduates on the register9,828 living, 90.9% 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 20007,585 people admitted in 2000 are on the register, 2,308 of them through the Second 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 Kinda Serafi’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 Kinda Serafi in 2000. 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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