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

Laurence Manber

On the New York attorney register since 1989 · office in Whippany, NJ

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

Registration No.
2290062
Admitted
1989 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Oct 2027

Laurence Manber is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1989 in the First Department, with an office in Whippany, NJ; next registration due Oct 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 Laurence Manber has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Oct 2027.

  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

11 other attorneys list Lucas & Mercanti, LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 5 of them were admitted before 1989, and 8 of the 12 give an office in Whippany, NJ. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1989, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Donald C. Lucas1984Currently registered
Klaus Peter Stoffel1985Currently registered
Michael Nicholas Mercanti1990Currently registered
Lindsay Spencer Adams1994Currently registered
Alfred W. Froebrich1994Due to re‑register

All 12 registrations that list Lucas & Mercanti, 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

Laurence Manber studied at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University (the register spells it “BENJAMIN N CARDOZO”). 2,125 of its 12,878 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Laurence Manber was.

Same law school
12,878living graduates; 88.9% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Whippany, NJ
88living registrants (outside New York State)

Of the 88 living registrants with an office in Whippany, NJ, 8 were admitted before 1989 and 78 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 Lucas & Mercanti, LLP12 on the register, 5 of the others admitted before 1989; 8 of the 12 give an office in Whippany, NJ.
  2. Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University graduates on the register12,878 living, 88.9% registered.
  3. New York-admitted attorneys in Whippany, NJ88 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Admitted in 19896,247 people admitted in 1989 are on the register, 2,150 of them through the First 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 Laurence Manber’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 Laurence Manber in 1989. 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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