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

Rolando Tomas Acosta

On the New York attorney register since 1983 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
1886100
Admitted
1983 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Dec 2027

Rolando Tomas Acosta is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1983 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Dec 2027. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Currently registered” means Rolando Tomas Acosta has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Dec 2027.

  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

246 other attorneys list Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 16 of them were admitted before 1983, and 157 of the 247 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1983, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Maria T. Galeno1982Currently registered
Donald Gray Kilpatrick1982Currently registered
Jennifer Jordan McCall1983Currently registered
Deryck Ainsworthe Palmer1984Suspended, delinquent
Peter J. Hunt1985Currently registered

All 247 registrations that list Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman 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

Rolando Tomas Acosta studied at Columbia Law School (the register spells it “COLUMBIA”). 1,985 of its 18,953 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Rolando Tomas Acosta was.

Same law school
18,953living graduates; 87.4% 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, 7,088 were admitted before 1983 and 85,676 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 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP247 on the register, 16 of the others admitted before 1983; 157 of the 247 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. Columbia Law School graduates on the register18,953 living, 87.4% 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 19835,424 people admitted in 1983 are on the register, 1,821 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 Rolando Tomas Acosta’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 Rolando Tomas Acosta in 1983. 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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