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

Michael J. Fink

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

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

Registration No.
1963032
Admitted
1985 · Third Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Mar 2027

Michael J. Fink 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 Reston, VA; next registration due Mar 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 Michael J. Fink has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Mar 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

4 other attorneys list Greenblum & Bernstein PLC or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 0 of them were admitted before 1985, and all 5 give an office in Reston, VA. The 4 whose admission is closest to 1985, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Scott David Watkins1993Currently registered
Jonathan Reilly Miller2002Currently registered
Naoko Ohashi2004Currently registered
Kalish Kumasi Bell2013Currently registered

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 J. Fink studied at Albany Law School (the register spells it “ALBANY LAW SCHOOL”). 1,852 of its 10,183 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Michael J. Fink was.

Same law school
10,183living graduates; 91.3% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Reston, VA
139living registrants (outside New York State)

Of the 139 living registrants with an office in Reston, VA, 9 were admitted before 1985 and 127 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. Albany Law School graduates on the register10,183 living, 91.3% registered.
  2. New York-admitted attorneys in Reston, VA139 living registrants give an office there.
  3. Admitted in 19856,046 people admitted in 1985 are on the register, 1,162 of them through the Third Department.
  4. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  5. 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 J. Fink’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 Michael J. Fink in 1985. 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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