Samantha Jessica Balanevsky
On the New York attorney register since 2021 · office in Los Angeles, CA
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 5863485
- Admitted
- 2021 · First Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Feb 2027
Samantha Jessica Balanevsky is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2021 in the First Department, with an office in Los Angeles, CA; next registration due Feb 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 Samantha Jessica Balanevsky has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Feb 2027.
- 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
1,463 other attorneys list Kirkland & Ellis LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 848 of them were admitted before 2021, and 36 of the 1,464 give an office in Los Angeles, CA. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2021, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Kevin E. Aguirre | 2021 | Currently registered |
| Fahad Alarifi | 2021 | Currently registered |
| Abdulaziz Abdulrahman Almoosa | 2021 | Currently registered |
| Devika M. Balaram | 2021 | Currently registered |
| Elissabeth Conlon Berdini | 2021 | 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
Samantha Jessica Balanevsky studied at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University (the register spells it “Yeshiva University Cardozo School of Law”). 1,951 of its 12,878 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2020s, as Samantha Jessica Balanevsky was.
- Same law school
- 12,878living graduates; 88.9% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Los Angeles, CA
- 2,891living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 2,891 living registrants with an office in Los Angeles, CA, 2,618 were admitted before 2021 and 198 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 Kirkland & Ellis LLP1,464 on the register, 848 of the others admitted before 2021; 36 of the 1,464 give an office in Los Angeles, CA.
- Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University graduates on the register12,878 living, 88.9% registered; 47 of them list Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Los Angeles, CA2,891 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 20217,829 people admitted in 2021 are on the register, 1,820 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 Samantha Jessica Balanevsky’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 Samantha Jessica Balanevsky in 2021. 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).