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

Robert J. Dwyer Jr

On the New York attorney register since 1986 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
2079507
Admitted
1986 · Second Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Apr 2028

Robert J. Dwyer Jr is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1986 in the Second Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Apr 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 J. Dwyer Jr has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Apr 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

134 other attorneys list Dorsey & Whitney LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 14 of them were admitted before 1986, and 64 of the 135 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1986, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Scott Michael Desmond1983Currently registered
Mark S. Sullivan1985Currently registered
Whitney Adams Holmes1988Suspended, delinquent
Patrick J. Feeley1989Currently registered
Marc Alan Kushner1989Currently registered

All 135 registrations that list Dorsey & Whitney 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 J. Dwyer Jr studied at University of Minnesota Law School (the register spells it “UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA”). 58 of its 940 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Robert J. Dwyer Jr was.

Same law school
940living graduates; 85.3% 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, 9,861 were admitted before 1986 and 82,760 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 Dorsey & Whitney LLP135 on the register, 14 of the others admitted before 1986; 64 of the 135 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. University of Minnesota Law School graduates on the register940 living, 85.3% registered; 4 of them list Dorsey & Whitney LLP.
  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 19866,111 people admitted in 1986 are on the register, 2,598 of them through the Second 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 J. Dwyer Jr’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 Robert J. Dwyer Jr in 1986. 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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