Michael Bernard Stevens
On the New York attorney register since 2024 · office in West Palm Beach, FL
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 6130389
- Admitted
- 2024 · Third Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Mar 2028
Michael Bernard Stevens is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2024 in the Third Department, with an office in West Palm Beach, FL; next registration due Mar 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 Bernard Stevens has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Mar 2028.
- Currently registered unchanged
- Currently registered unchanged
- 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
7 other attorneys list Derrevere Stevens Black & Cozad or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 6 of them were admitted before 2024. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2024, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Kevin David Shaftan | 1997 | Currently registered |
| Marc Peter Madonia | 2002 | Currently registered |
| Joseph Celawdon Bevis III | 2018 | Currently registered |
| Robert Mikel Caplan | 2018 | Currently registered |
| Nicole Lynee Jennings | 2025 | 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 Bernard Stevens studied at Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law (the register spells it “Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center”). 91 of its 609 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2020s, as Michael Bernard Stevens was.
- Same law school
- 609living graduates; 88.7% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in West Palm Beach, FL
- 300living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 300 living registrants with an office in West Palm Beach, FL, 292 were admitted before 2024 and 4 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
- Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law graduates on the register609 living, 88.7% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in West Palm Beach, FL300 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 20248,938 people admitted in 2024 are on the register, 3,836 of them through the Third Department.
- Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
- 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 Bernard Stevens’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Third Department, which admitted Michael Bernard Stevens in 2024. The register places the office outside New York, so a complaint would go to that department’s grievance committee (22 NYCRR 1240.7(a)(2)).
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).