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

Matthew I. Milne-Smith

On the New York attorney register since 2000 · office in Toronto Ontario, Canada

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

Registration No.
3006129
Admitted
2000 · Third Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Aug 2028

Matthew I. Milne-Smith is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2000 in the Third Department, with an office in Toronto Ontario, Canada; 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 the attorney has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in the month shown. How many hold this status.

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

We show the 3 register files of the last twelve months (Jul 3, 2026, Aug 6, 2026, Sep 29, 2026). A change of standing between them is struck through in red; the routine birthday cycle is not.

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

32 other attorneys list Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2000, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Marc A. Berger1995Currently registered
David Thomas Wilson1999Currently registered
Richard Samuel Fridman2000Currently registered
Melissa Claire Abramowitz2001Suspended, delinquent
Nanci Kim Ship2001Currently registered

All 33 registrations that list Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg 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 I. Milne-Smith studied at Yale Law School.

Same law school
5,039living graduates; 85.8% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Toronto Ontario, Canada
529living registrants give an office there (outside the U.S.)

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; living registrants only.

How to confirm it officially

The register is published by the court system; PlainAttorney shows it as released. For a statement of an attorney’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division in the attorney’s department. The register places the office outside New York, so a complaint would go to the grievance committee of the Third Department, which admitted this attorney (22 NYCRR 1240.7(a)(2)).

This page reads the register file of Sep 29, 2026; the court system publishes the file every few weeks, so its own search can be newer. The register shows only the current value: a suspension that ended before the files we hold, or discipline short of suspension such as a censure, leaves no trace here. Appellate Division decisions on attorney discipline are published in the New York Official Reports, online through the court system’s Law Reporting Bureau.

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