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

Michael Jay Santino Pontone

On the New York attorney register since 2012 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
4968285
Admitted
2012 · Second Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Jul 2028

Michael Jay Santino Pontone is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2012 in the Second Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Jul 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 Jay Santino Pontone has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Jul 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

The register gives this attorney’s employer as “The Law Offices of Michael J.S. Pontone, Esq. P.C”. We count that spelling with The Law Offices of Michael J.S. Pontone, Esq., the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.

The only other attorney who lists The Law Offices of Michael J.S. Pontone, Esq. or one of its other names:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Nina Claudia Oksman2013Currently 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 Jay Santino Pontone studied at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. 321 of its 1,256 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Michael Jay Santino Pontone was.

Same law school
1,256living graduates; 86.9% 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, 52,244 were admitted before 2012 and 39,126 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. Case Western Reserve University School of Law graduates on the register1,256 living, 86.9% 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 20129,632 people admitted in 2012 are on the register, 2,535 of them through the Second Department.
  5. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  6. 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 Jay Santino Pontone’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 Jay Santino Pontone in 2012. 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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