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

Michael James Segal

On the New York attorney register since 1986 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
2085496
Admitted
1986 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Sep 2028

Michael James Segal is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1986 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Sep 2028. Since Jul 3, 2026 it has moved only through the routine two-year cycle.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Currently registered” means Michael James Segal has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Sep 2028.

  1. Due to re‑register to Currently registered the routine two-year cycle: the registration window closed with a filing
  2. Currently registered to Due to re‑register the routine two-year cycle: the registration window opened
  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

257 other attorneys list Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 32 of them were admitted before 1986, and all 258 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1986, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Wayne M. Carlin1985Currently registered
Alicia Clare McCarthy1985Currently registered
Stephanie Jean Seligman1986Currently registered
Adam Oliver Emmerich1987Currently registered
Douglas Kirk Mayer1987Currently registered

All 258 registrations that list Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

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 James Segal studied at Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (the register spells it “OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY”). 60 of its 623 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Michael James Segal was.

Same law school
623living graduates; 88.4% 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, 9,861 were admitted before 1986 and 82,760 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 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz258 on the register, 32 of the others admitted before 1986; all 258 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. Ohio State University Moritz College of Law graduates on the register623 living, 88.4% 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 19866,111 people admitted in 1986 are on the register, 1,967 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 James Segal’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 James Segal in 1986. 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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