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

Michael Lawrence Smar

On the New York attorney register since 2001 · office in Jericho, NY

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

Registration No.
3937505
Admitted
2001 · Second Department
Status
Delinquent
Next registration
Jun 2027

Michael Lawrence Smar is delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2001 in the Second Department, with an office in Jericho, NY; next registration due Jun 2027. 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.

  1. Delinquent unchanged
  2. Delinquent unchanged
  3. 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

19 other attorneys list McCabe, Collins, McGeough, Fowler, Levine & Nogan, LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 14 of them were admitted before 2001, and 18 of the 20 give an office in Jericho, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2001, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
John Joseph Connelly1996Currently registered
Hugh J. Larkin1996Currently registered
David Stuart Chustek2000Currently registered
Teresa Campano2004Currently registered
Leslie Lopez2004Currently registered

All 20 registrations that list McCabe, Collins, McGeough, Fowler, Levine & Nogan, LLP

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 Lawrence Smar studied at Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University (the register spells it “HOFSTRA SCHOOL OF LAW”). 2,378 of its 11,234 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as Michael Lawrence Smar was.

Same law school
11,234living graduates; 92.1% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Jericho, NY
488living registrants

Of the 488 living registrants with an office in Jericho, NY, 280 were admitted before 2001 and 200 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 McCabe, Collins, McGeough, Fowler, Levine & Nogan, LLP20 on the register, 14 of the others admitted before 2001; 18 of the 20 give an office in Jericho, NY.
  2. Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University graduates on the register11,234 living, 92.1% registered.
  3. Attorneys with an office in Jericho, NY488 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Nassau County’s registered bar9,622 currently registered, 6.92 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 20017,416 people admitted in 2001 are on the register, 2,218 of them through the Second Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Delinquent”15,500 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
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How to confirm it officially

For a statement of Michael Lawrence Smar’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 Lawrence Smar in 2001. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Second Department’s Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, which covers Nassau 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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