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

Samuel Allan Ark

On the New York attorney register since 2010 · office in East Amherst, NY

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

Registration No.
4764148
Admitted
2010 · Fourth Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Jul 2028

Samuel Allan Ark is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2010 in the Fourth Department, with an office in East Amherst, NY; next registration due Jul 2028. Since Jul 3, 2026 it has moved only through the routine two-year cycle.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Currently registered” means Samuel Allan Ark has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Jul 2028.

  1. Currently registered unchanged
  2. Due to re‑register to Currently registered the routine two-year cycle: the registration window closed with a filing
  3. Due to re‑register 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

133 other attorneys list Harter Secrest & Emery LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 71 of them were admitted before 2010. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2010, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Zachary Elijah Blodgett2009Currently registered
Daniel William Collins2009Currently registered
Daniel James Altieri2010Currently registered
John William Brill2010Due to re‑register
Timothy William Menasco2010Currently registered

All 134 registrations that list Harter Secrest & Emery 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

Samuel Allan Ark studied at University at Buffalo School of Law (SUNY) (the register spells it “UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO LAW SCHOOL”). 1,838 of its 9,828 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Samuel Allan Ark was.

Same law school
9,828living graduates; 90.9% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in East Amherst, NY
47living registrants

Of the 47 living registrants with an office in East Amherst, NY, 39 were admitted before 2010 and 6 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 Harter Secrest & Emery LLP134 on the register, 71 of the others admitted before 2010.
  2. University at Buffalo School of Law (SUNY) graduates on the register9,828 living, 90.9% registered; 40 of them list Harter Secrest & Emery LLP.
  3. Attorneys with an office in East Amherst, NY47 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Erie County’s registered bar4,149 currently registered, 4.36 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 201010,128 people admitted in 2010 are on the register, 366 of them through the Fourth 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 Samuel Allan Ark’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, which admitted Samuel Allan Ark in 2010. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Fourth Department’s grievance committee, which covers Erie 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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