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

Lisa Fishman Smith

On the New York attorney register since 1990 · office in White Plains, NY

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

Registration No.
2338432
Admitted
1990 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Jan 2028

Lisa Fishman Smith is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1990 in the First Department, with an office in White Plains, 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 Lisa Fishman Smith 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

14 other attorneys list Zarin & Steinmetz LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 2 of them were admitted before 1990, and all 15 give an office in White Plains, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1990, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
David S. Steinmetz1986Due to re‑register
Michael David Zarin1986Due to re‑register
Daniel Michael Richmond1995Currently registered
Jacob E. Amir1996Currently registered
Jody Tamar Cross2002Due to re‑register

All 15 registrations that list Zarin & Steinmetz 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

Lisa Fishman Smith studied at Brooklyn Law School. 3,720 of its 20,058 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1990s, as Lisa Fishman Smith was.

Same law school
20,058living graduates; 86.6% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in White Plains, NY
3,313living registrants

Of the 3,313 living registrants with an office in White Plains, NY, 928 were admitted before 1990 and 2,306 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 Zarin & Steinmetz LLP15 on the register, 2 of the others admitted before 1990; all 15 give an office in White Plains, NY.
  2. Brooklyn Law School graduates on the register20,058 living, 86.6% registered.
  3. Attorneys with an office in White Plains, NY3,313 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Westchester County’s registered bar7,255 currently registered, 7.26 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 19906,112 people admitted in 1990 are on the register, 2,199 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 Lisa Fishman Smith’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 Lisa Fishman Smith in 1990. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Second Department’s Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial District, which covers Westchester 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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