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

Matthew David Babcock

On the New York attorney register since 1983 · office in Albany, NY

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

Registration No.
1833326
Admitted
1983 · Third Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
May 2027

Matthew David Babcock is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1983 in the Third Department, with an office in Albany, 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 Matthew David Babcock 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

The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Harris Beach Murtha”. We count that spelling with Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.

236 other attorneys list Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 5 of them were admitted before 1983, and 29 of the 237 give an office in Albany, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1983, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Philip Gerard Spellane1982Currently registered
Doreen Klein1983Currently registered
Marilyn Beth Fagelson1984Currently registered
William J. Garry1984Currently registered
Daniel P. Grippo1984Currently registered

All 237 registrations that list Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC

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

Matthew David Babcock studied at Albany Law School. 1,852 of its 10,183 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Matthew David Babcock was.

Same law school
10,183living graduates; 91.3% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Albany, NY
3,678living registrants

Of the 3,678 living registrants with an office in Albany, NY, 292 were admitted before 1983 and 3,355 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 Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC237 on the register, 5 of the others admitted before 1983; 29 of the 237 give an office in Albany, NY.
  2. Albany Law School graduates on the register10,183 living, 91.3% registered; 29 of them list Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC.
  3. Attorneys with an office in Albany, NY3,678 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Albany County’s registered bar3,767 currently registered, 11.88 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 19835,424 people admitted in 1983 are on the register, 948 of them through the Third 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 Matthew David Babcock’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Third Department, which admitted Matthew David Babcock in 1983. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Third Department’s grievance committee, which covers Albany 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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