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

Margaret Ann Jacobs

On the New York attorney register since 1991 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
2436509
Admitted
1991 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
May 2027

Margaret Ann Jacobs is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1991 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; 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 Margaret Ann Jacobs has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in May 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

588 other attorneys list McDermott Will & Schulte LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 45 of them were admitted before 1991, and 461 of the 589 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1991, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Philippe Benedict1991Currently registered
Marc Eric Elovitz1991Currently registered
John T. Lutz1991Currently registered
Marcy Jo Mandel1991Currently registered
Jill Alison Ames1992Currently registered

All 589 registrations that list McDermott Will & Schulte 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

Margaret Ann Jacobs studied at Columbia Law School (the register spells it “COLUMBIA”). 2,635 of its 18,953 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1990s, as Margaret Ann Jacobs was.

Same law school
18,953living graduates; 87.4% 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, 15,047 were admitted before 1991 and 77,397 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 McDermott Will & Schulte LLP589 on the register, 45 of the others admitted before 1991; 461 of the 589 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. Columbia Law School graduates on the register18,953 living, 87.4% 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 19916,456 people admitted in 1991 are on the register, 2,205 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 Margaret Ann Jacobs’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 Margaret Ann Jacobs in 1991. 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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