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

Matthew L. Duffy

On the New York attorney register since 2020 · office in Boston, MA

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

Registration No.
5814272
Admitted
2020 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Aug 2028

Matthew L. Duffy is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2020 in the First Department, with an office in Boston, MA; next registration due Aug 2028. Since Jul 3, 2026 it has moved only through the routine two-year cycle.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Currently registered” means Matthew L. Duffy has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Aug 2028.

  1. Due to re‑register to Currently registered the routine two-year cycle: the registration window closed with a filing
  2. Due to re‑register unchanged
  3. Due to re‑register 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

22 other attorneys list Freedman Normand Friedland LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 14 of them were admitted before 2020, and 2 of the 23 give an office in Boston, MA. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2020, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Stephen Charles Lagos2019Currently registered
Devin Matthew Freedman2021Currently registered
Patrick John Woods2021Currently registered
Katharine Mary Friel2022Currently registered
Menachem Mendel Konikov2022Due to re‑register

All 23 registrations that list Freedman Normand Friedland 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

Matthew L. Duffy studied at Columbia Law School. 3,116 of its 18,953 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2020s, as Matthew L. Duffy was.

Same law school
18,953living graduates; 87.4% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Boston, MA
2,932living registrants (outside New York State)

Of the 2,932 living registrants with an office in Boston, MA, 2,510 were admitted before 2020 and 340 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 Freedman Normand Friedland LLP23 on the register, 14 of the others admitted before 2020; 2 of the 23 give an office in Boston, MA.
  2. Columbia Law School graduates on the register18,953 living, 87.4% registered.
  3. New York-admitted attorneys in Boston, MA2,932 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Admitted in 20208,276 people admitted in 2020 are on the register, 2,174 of them through the First Department.
  5. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  6. 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 L. Duffy’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 L. Duffy in 2020. 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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