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

Maurice W. Heller

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

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

Registration No.
2016269
Admitted
1985 · Third Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Oct 2027

Maurice W. Heller is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1985 in the Third Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Oct 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 Maurice W. Heller has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Oct 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 “Foster Garvey P.C.”. We count that spelling with Foster Garvey PC, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.

22 other attorneys list Foster Garvey PC or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 4 of them were admitted before 1985, and 13 of the 23 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1985, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Vincent Paschal Cacciottoli1976Delinquent
Andrew J. Goodman1978Due to re‑register
Alan Avery Heller1989Currently registered
Brad Christopher Deutsch1995Currently registered
Hillary Hera Hughes1998Due to re‑register

All 23 registrations that list Foster Garvey PC

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

Maurice W. Heller studied at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University (the register spells it “YESHIVA UNIVERSITY”). 2,125 of its 12,878 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Maurice W. Heller was.

Same law school
12,878living graduates; 88.9% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in New York, NY
93,604living registrants

Of the 93,604 living registrants with an office in New York, NY, 8,839 were admitted before 1985 and 83,743 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 Foster Garvey PC23 on the register, 4 of the others admitted before 1985; 13 of the 23 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University graduates on the register12,878 living, 88.9% registered.
  3. Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
  4. New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 19856,046 people admitted in 1985 are on the register, 1,162 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 Maurice W. Heller’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 Maurice W. Heller in 1985. A complaint about this attorney would go to the First Department’s grievance committee, which covers New York 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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