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

Michael Irwin Bernstein

On the New York attorney register since 1963 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
1263664
Admitted
1963 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Mar 2028

Michael Irwin Bernstein is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1963 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Mar 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 Michael Irwin Bernstein has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Mar 2028.

  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

315 other attorneys list Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 4 of them were admitted before 1963, and 32 of the 316 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1963, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Charles J. Groppe1959Currently registered
Anthony R. Pittarelli1960Delinquent
Robert E. Moses1961Delinquent
William L. Bergan1964Due to re‑register
George Henry Lowe1965Currently registered

All 316 registrations that list Bond, Schoeneck & King, 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

Michael Irwin Bernstein studied at Columbia Law School (the register spells it “COLUMBIA SCHOOL OF LAW”). 834 of its 18,953 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1960s, as Michael Irwin Bernstein was.

Same law school
18,953living graduates; 87.4% 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, 321 were admitted before 1963 and 93,215 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 Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC316 on the register, 4 of the others admitted before 1963; 32 of the 316 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. Columbia Law School graduates on the register18,953 living, 87.4% 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 19631,358 people admitted in 1963 are on the register, 473 of them through the First 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 Michael Irwin Bernstein’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 Michael Irwin Bernstein in 1963. 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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