Robert Jay Goldman
On the New York attorney register since 1978 · office in Palo Alto, CA
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 1080894
- Admitted
- 1978 · First Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Apr 2028
Robert Jay Goldman is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1978 in the First Department, with an office in Palo Alto, CA; 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 Jay Goldman has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Apr 2028.
- Currently registered unchanged
- Currently registered unchanged
- 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
622 other attorneys list Ropes & Gray LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 6 of them were admitted before 1978. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1978, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Joseph Joyce | 1975 | Currently registered |
| David Stanley Elkind | 1976 | Currently registered |
| Jerome Charles Katz | 1976 | Currently registered |
| Mark James Tannenbaum | 1979 | Currently registered |
| Robert S. Fischler | 1981 | 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 Jay Goldman studied at Columbia Law School. 1,448 of its 18,953 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1970s, as Robert Jay Goldman was.
- Same law school
- 18,953living graduates; 87.4% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Palo Alto, CA
- 393living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 393 living registrants with an office in Palo Alto, CA, 6 were admitted before 1978 and 385 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 Ropes & Gray LLP623 on the register, 6 of the others admitted before 1978.
- Columbia Law School graduates on the register18,953 living, 87.4% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Palo Alto, CA393 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 19783,834 people admitted in 1978 are on the register, 1,466 of them through the First Department.
- Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
- 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 Jay Goldman’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 Jay Goldman in 1978. 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).