Lee Richard Adler
On the New York attorney register since 1989 · office in New Orleans, LA
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 2265007
- Admitted
- 1989 · First Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- May 2027
Lee Richard Adler 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 New Orleans, LA; next registration due May 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 Lee Richard Adler has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in May 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 “Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P.”. We count that spelling with Phelps Dunbar LLP, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
10 other attorneys list Phelps Dunbar LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 0 of them were admitted before 1989, and 3 of the 11 give an office in New Orleans, LA. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1989, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew L. Litsky | 1992 | Currently registered |
| William James Tinsley Jr | 1994 | Currently registered |
| Michael Edwin Carrer | 2006 | Currently registered |
| Jeremy Thomas Grabill | 2007 | Currently registered |
| George Steven McCall | 2007 | Currently registered |
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
Lee Richard Adler studied at Tulane University Law School (the register spells it “TULANE UNIVERSITY”). 200 of its 2,194 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Lee Richard Adler was.
- Same law school
- 2,194living graduates; 87.7% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in New Orleans, LA
- 260living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 260 living registrants with an office in New Orleans, LA, 17 were admitted before 1989 and 238 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 Phelps Dunbar LLP11 on the register, 0 of the others admitted before 1989; 3 of the 11 give an office in New Orleans, LA.
- Tulane University Law School graduates on the register2,194 living, 87.7% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in New Orleans, LA260 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 19896,247 people admitted in 1989 are on the register, 2,150 of them through the First 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 Lee Richard Adler’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 Lee Richard Adler 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).