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

Philip L. Graham

On the New York attorney register since 1971 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
1199660
Admitted
1971 · Second Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Feb 2028

Philip L. Graham is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1971 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 L. Graham 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

762 other attorneys list Sullivan & Cromwell LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 8 of them were admitted before 1971, and 618 of the 763 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1971, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
William Francis Indoe1969Currently registered
Bruce Edward Clark1971Currently registered
Henry Rodgin Cohen1971Currently registered
Benjamin Franklin Stapleton1972Due to re‑register
Robert James Katz1973Due to re‑register

All 763 registrations that list Sullivan & Cromwell 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 L. Graham studied at Harvard Law School (the register spells it “HARVARD”). 989 of its 14,378 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1970s, as Philip L. Graham was.

Same law school
14,378living graduates; 86.1% 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, 1,472 were admitted before 1971 and 91,931 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 Sullivan & Cromwell LLP763 on the register, 8 of the others admitted before 1971; 618 of the 763 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. Harvard Law School graduates on the register14,378 living, 86.1% registered; 114 of them list Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.
  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 19711,869 people admitted in 1971 are on the register, 785 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 L. Graham’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 L. Graham in 1971. 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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