Michael Elliot Getnick
On the New York attorney register since 1970 · office in Utica, NY
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 1609387
- Admitted
- 1970 · Second Department
- Status
- Delinquent
- Next registration
- Oct 2026
Michael Elliot Getnick is delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1970 in the Second Department, with an office in Utica, NY; next registration due Oct 2026. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold. The month shown is the next cycle’s; the delinquency concerns an earlier registration the register did not receive.
What this status means on the register
On the register, “Delinquent” means the attorney has a registration the register shows as due and not received. Under the rule a failure to register results in referral to the Appellate Division for disciplinary action; the register does not show whether a given attorney was referred.
- Delinquent unchanged
- Delinquent unchanged
- Delinquent 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
5 other attorneys list Getnick Livingston Atkinson & Priore, LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 0 of them were admitted before 1970, and all 6 give an office in Utica, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1970, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| John J. Livingston | 1971 | Currently registered |
| Thomas L. Atkinson | 1979 | Due to re‑register |
| Jeffrey Michael Reale | 2008 | Due to re‑register |
| Jeffery Thomas Lottermoser Jr. | 2012 | Currently registered |
| Justin Thomas Atkinson | 2017 | Currently 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 Elliot Getnick studied at Cornell Law School (the register spells it “CORNELL”). 541 of its 7,028 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1970s, as Michael Elliot Getnick was.
- Same law school
- 7,028living graduates; 87.8% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Utica, NY
- 291living registrants
Of the 291 living registrants with an office in Utica, NY, 9 were admitted before 1970 and 279 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
- Cornell Law School graduates on the register7,028 living, 87.8% registered.
- Attorneys with an office in Utica, NY291 living registrants give an office there.
- Oneida County’s registered bar387 currently registered, 1.69 per 1,000 residents.
- Admitted in 19701,615 people admitted in 1970 are on the register, 831 of them through the Second Department.
- Every registration that reads “Delinquent”15,500 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
- How to complain about a New York lawyerThe grievance committee for each county, and what it can do.
How to confirm it officially
For a statement of Michael Elliot Getnick’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Second Department, which admitted Michael Elliot Getnick in 1970. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Fourth Department’s grievance committee, which covers Oneida 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).