Robert Douglas Chesler
On the New York attorney register since 1983 · office in Newark, NJ
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 1868314
- Admitted
- 1983 · First Department
- Status
- Delinquent
- Next registration
- Sep 2027
Robert Douglas Chesler is delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1983 in the First Department, with an office in Newark, NJ; next registration due Sep 2027. Since Jul 3, 2026 it has moved only through the routine two-year cycle. 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.
- Delinquent unchanged
was Due to re‑registernow Delinquent changed since the Jul 3, 2026 file- 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.
Others who list this employer on the register
The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Anderson Kill”. We count that spelling with Anderson Kill P.C., the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
66 other attorneys list Anderson Kill P.C. or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 13 of them were admitted before 1983, and 3 of the 67 give an office in Newark, NJ. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1983, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| George Abraham Cherniak | 1982 | Currently registered |
| Ethan Greenberg | 1982 | Currently registered |
| Finley T R Harckham | 1984 | Due to re‑register |
| Mark David Silverschotz | 1984 | Currently registered |
| Rhonda D. Orin | 1985 | Currently 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 Douglas Chesler studied at Harvard Law School (the register spells it “HARVARD”). 1,661 of its 14,378 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Robert Douglas Chesler was.
- Same law school
- 14,378living graduates; 86.1% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Newark, NJ
- 1,842living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 1,842 living registrants with an office in Newark, NJ, 67 were admitted before 1983 and 1,761 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
- Everyone who lists Anderson Kill P.C.67 on the register, 13 of the others admitted before 1983; 3 of the 67 give an office in Newark, NJ.
- Harvard Law School graduates on the register14,378 living, 86.1% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Newark, NJ1,842 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 19835,424 people admitted in 1983 are on the register, 1,821 of them through the First Department.
- Every registration that reads “Delinquent”15,500 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
- 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 Robert Douglas Chesler’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 Douglas Chesler in 1983. The register places the office outside New York, so a complaint would go to that department’s grievance committee (22 NYCRR 1240.7(a)(2)).
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).