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

Michael Joshua Leffell

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.
1961861
Admitted
1985 · First Department
Status
was Due to re‑register now Delinquent
Next registration
Nov 2027

Michael Joshua Leffell is delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1985 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Nov 2027. The Aug 6, 2026 file listed this registration as due to re‑register. 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.

  1. was Due to re‑register now Delinquent changed since the Aug 6, 2026 file
  2. Due to re‑register unchanged
  3. Due to re‑register the first file we hold

A change of standing between the 3 files of the last twelve months 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.

Where this record sits on the register

Michael Joshua Leffell studied at Columbia Law School (the register spells it “COLUMBIA”). 1,985 of its 18,953 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Michael Joshua Leffell 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, 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. Columbia Law School graduates on the register18,953 living, 87.4% registered.
  2. Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
  3. New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
  4. Admitted in 19856,046 people admitted in 1985 are on the register, 1,883 of them through the First Department.
  5. Every registration that reads “Delinquent”15,500 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  6. 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 Joshua Leffell’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 Joshua Leffell 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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