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

Randel Aaron Scharf

On the New York attorney register since 1989 · office in Cooperstown, NY

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

Registration No.
2365757
Admitted
1989 · Second Department
Status
was Suspended, due to re‑register now Suspended, delinquent
Next registration
Nov 2027

Randel Aaron Scharf is suspended, delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1989 in the Second Department, with an office in Cooperstown, NY; next registration due Nov 2027. The Aug 6, 2026 file listed this registration as suspended, due to re‑register.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Suspended, delinquent” means the attorney is recorded as suspended from practice, with the registration also delinquent. The register does not give the reason or date of a suspension; the Appellate Division’s order does.

  1. was Suspended, due to re‑register now Suspended, delinquent changed since the Aug 6, 2026 file
  2. Suspended, due to re‑register unchanged
  3. Suspended, due to re‑register the first file we hold

A change of standing between the 3 files of the last twelve months is struck through in red; the routine birthday cycle is not.

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.

Where this record sits on the register

Randel Aaron Scharf studied at Brooklyn Law School. 2,861 of its 20,058 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Randel Aaron Scharf was.

Same law school
20,058living graduates; 86.6% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Cooperstown, NY
48living registrants

Of the 48 living registrants with an office in Cooperstown, NY, 13 were admitted before 1989 and 32 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. Brooklyn Law School graduates on the register20,058 living, 86.6% registered.
  2. Attorneys with an office in Cooperstown, NY48 living registrants give an office there.
  3. Otsego County’s registered bar92 currently registered, 1.53 per 1,000 residents.
  4. Admitted in 19896,247 people admitted in 1989 are on the register, 2,453 of them through the Second Department.
  5. Every registration that reads “Suspended, delinquent”20,229 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  6. 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 Randel Aaron Scharf’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 Randel Aaron Scharf in 1989. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Third Department’s grievance committee, which covers Otsego 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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