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

Robert D. Bickford Jr

On the New York attorney register since 1975 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
1036862
Admitted
1975 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Jan 2028

Robert D. Bickford Jr is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1975 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Jan 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 Robert D. Bickford Jr has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Jan 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

210 other attorneys list Kelley Drye & Warren LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 9 of them were admitted before 1975, and 155 of the 211 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1975, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Brian Joseph Calvey1974Currently registered
Paul F. Doyle1975Currently registered
Richard Seth Chargar1976Currently registered
William Christian Drewes1976Currently registered
John Arthur Garraty1976Currently registered

All 211 registrations that list Kelley Drye & Warren 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

Robert D. Bickford Jr studied at Fordham University School of Law. 1,515 of its 20,418 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1970s, as Robert D. Bickford Jr 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, 2,498 were admitted before 1975 and 90,717 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 Kelley Drye & Warren LLP211 on the register, 9 of the others admitted before 1975; 155 of the 211 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 19753,195 people admitted in 1975 are on the register, 1,129 of them through the First 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 Robert D. Bickford Jr’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, First Department, which admitted Robert D. Bickford Jr in 1975. 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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