Matthew Kirby Cleaver
On the New York attorney register since 2022 · office in Brooklyn, NY
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 5933353
- Admitted
- 2022 · First Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Jan 2028
Matthew Kirby Cleaver is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2022 in the First Department, with an office in Brooklyn, 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 Matthew Kirby Cleaver has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Jan 2028.
- 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.
Where this record sits on the register
Matthew Kirby Cleaver studied at St. John’s University School of Law (the register spells it “St. John's University School of Law”). 1,515 of its 15,595 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2020s, as Matthew Kirby Cleaver was.
- Same law school
- 15,595living graduates; 88.6% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Brooklyn, NY
- 7,312living registrants
Of the 7,312 living registrants with an office in Brooklyn, NY, 6,394 were admitted before 2022 and 773 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
- St. John’s University School of Law graduates on the register15,595 living, 88.6% registered.
- Attorneys with an office in Brooklyn, NY7,312 living registrants give an office there.
- Kings County’s registered bar5,931 currently registered, 2.25 per 1,000 residents.
- Admitted in 20227,736 people admitted in 2022 are on the register, 2,175 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 Matthew Kirby Cleaver’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 Matthew Kirby Cleaver in 2022. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Second Department’s Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh and Thirteenth Judicial Districts, which covers Kings 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).