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

Mark Edward Griffin

On the New York attorney register since 1985 · office in Washington, DC

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

Registration No.
1965771
Admitted
1985 · Fourth Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Jan 2027

Mark Edward Griffin is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1985 in the Fourth Department, with an office in Washington, DC; next registration due Jan 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 Mark Edward Griffin has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Jan 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

2 other attorneys list Davis & Harman LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 1 of them was admitted before 1985, and all 3 give an office in Washington, DC. The 2 whose admission is closest to 1985, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Richard Stephen Belas1974Suspended, due to re‑register
Alison R. Peak2006Currently 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

Mark Edward Griffin studied at Syracuse University College of Law. 1,319 of its 7,168 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Mark Edward Griffin was.

Same law school
7,168living graduates; 87.5% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Washington, DC
12,527living registrants (outside New York State)

Of the 12,527 living registrants with an office in Washington, DC, 572 were admitted before 1985 and 11,863 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. Syracuse University College of Law graduates on the register7,168 living, 87.5% registered.
  2. New York-admitted attorneys in Washington, DC12,527 living registrants give an office there.
  3. Admitted in 19856,046 people admitted in 1985 are on the register, 433 of them through the Fourth Department.
  4. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  5. 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 Mark Edward Griffin’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, which admitted Mark Edward Griffin in 1985. 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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