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

Richard Jonathan Katz

On the New York attorney register since 1985 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
1961473
Admitted
1985 · Second Department
Status
Delinquent
Next registration
Jun 2027

Richard Jonathan Katz is delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1985 in the Second Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Jun 2027. 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

The only other attorney who lists Richard J. Katz, LLP or one of its other names:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Jonathan Andrew Rapport1999Currently 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

Richard Jonathan Katz studied at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University (the register spells it “CARDOZO”). 2,125 of its 12,878 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Richard Jonathan Katz was.

Same law school
12,878living graduates; 88.9% 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, 8,839 were admitted before 1985 and 83,743 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. Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University graduates on the register12,878 living, 88.9% registered.
  2. Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
  3. New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
  4. Admitted in 19856,046 people admitted in 1985 are on the register, 2,568 of them through the Second Department.
  5. Every registration that reads “Delinquent”15,500 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 Richard Jonathan Katz’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 Richard Jonathan Katz in 1985. 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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