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

Robert Jan Brown

On the New York attorney register since 1982 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
1811801
Admitted
1982 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
May 2028

Robert Jan Brown is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1982 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due May 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 Jan Brown has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in May 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

6 other attorneys list Brown Gavalas & Fromm LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 1 of them was admitted before 1982, and all 7 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1982, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
David H. Fromm1979Currently registered
Peter Skoufalos1983Currently registered
Fred Gary Wexler1992Currently registered
Timothy Gerard Hourican1993Currently registered
Michael Patrick Naughton2000Currently 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

Robert Jan Brown studied at Rutgers Law School (the register spells it “Rutgers School of Law - Newark”). 1,079 of its 7,506 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Robert Jan Brown was.

Same law school
7,506living graduates; 84.1% 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, 6,349 were admitted before 1982 and 86,516 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. Rutgers Law School graduates on the register7,506 living, 84.1% 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 19825,181 people admitted in 1982 are on the register, 1,770 of them through the First Department.
  5. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  6. 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 Jan Brown’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 Jan Brown in 1982. 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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