Paul Raymond Townsend
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.
- 4996666
- Admitted
- 2012 · Second Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Mar 2028
Paul Raymond Townsend 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 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 Paul Raymond Townsend 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
The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Law Office of Jeffrey Lichtman”. We count that spelling with Law Offices of Jeffrey Lichtman, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
2 other attorneys list Law Offices of Jeffrey Lichtman or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 2 of them were admitted before 2012, and all 3 give an office in New York, NY. The 2 whose admission is closest to 2012, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Harris Lichtman | 1991 | Currently registered |
| Jeffrey Benson Einhorn | 2007 | 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
Paul Raymond Townsend studied at Brooklyn Law School. 3,848 of its 20,058 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Paul Raymond Townsend was.
- Same law school
- 20,058living graduates; 86.6% 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, 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
- Brooklyn Law School graduates on the register20,058 living, 86.6% registered.
- Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
- New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
- Admitted in 20129,632 people admitted in 2012 are on the register, 2,535 of them through the Second 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 Paul Raymond Townsend’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 Paul Raymond Townsend 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).