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

Philip R. Forlenza

On the New York attorney register since 1967 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
1130426
Admitted
1967 · Second Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Feb 2028

Philip R. Forlenza is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1967 in the Second Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Feb 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 Philip R. Forlenza has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Feb 2028.

  1. Currently registered unchanged
  2. Currently registered unchanged
  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

165 other attorneys list Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 1 of them was admitted before 1967, and all 166 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1967, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Robert Michael Safron1969Currently registered
Christopher C. Angell1970Currently registered
Hugh James Freund1971Currently registered
Antonia Munroe Grumbach1971Due to re‑register
Dana William Hiscock1971Currently registered

All 166 registrations that list Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler 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

Philip R. Forlenza studied at Fordham University School of Law (the register spells it “FORDHAM”). 550 of its 20,418 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1960s, as Philip R. Forlenza was.

Same law school
20,418living graduates; 87.9% 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, 718 were admitted before 1967 and 92,726 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 Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP166 on the register, 1 of the others admitted before 1967; all 166 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. Fordham University School of Law graduates on the register20,418 living, 87.9% 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 19671,782 people admitted in 1967 are on the register, 825 of them through the Second 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 Philip R. Forlenza’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 Philip R. Forlenza in 1967. 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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