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

Patrice J. Koeneke

On the New York attorney register since 1982 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
1824499
Admitted
1982 · First Department
Status
Delinquent
Next registration
Jan 2026

Patrice J. Koeneke is delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1982 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Jan 2026. 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

75 other attorneys list Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 3 of them were admitted before 1982, and 41 of the 76 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1982, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
William Patrick Brady1981Currently registered
Peter Thomas Crean1982Currently registered
Jeffrey Jude Lawton1982Currently registered
Edward William Leckerling1983Suspended, delinquent
Robert James Betz1984Currently registered

All 76 registrations that list Martin Clearwater & Bell 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

Patrice J. Koeneke studied at St. John’s University School of Law (the register spells it “ST JOHNS UNIVERSITY”). 3,059 of its 15,595 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Patrice J. Koeneke was.

Same law school
15,595living graduates; 88.6% 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, 6,349 were admitted before 1982 and 86,516 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 Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP76 on the register, 3 of the others admitted before 1982; 41 of the 76 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. St. John’s University School of Law graduates on the register15,595 living, 88.6% 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 19825,181 people admitted in 1982 are on the register, 1,770 of them through the First Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Delinquent”15,500 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  7. 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 Patrice J. Koeneke’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 Patrice J. Koeneke in 1982. 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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