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

Samuel Michael Blakley

On the New York attorney register since 2021 · office in Binghamton, NY

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

Registration No.
5870787
Admitted
2021 · Third Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Mar 2027

Samuel Michael Blakley is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2021 in the Third Department, with an office in Binghamton, NY; next registration due Mar 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 Samuel Michael Blakley has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Mar 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

48 other attorneys list Coughlin & Gerhart LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 41 of them were admitted before 2021, and 39 of the 49 give an office in Binghamton, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2021, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Thomas Hegarty Bouman2018Currently registered
Lindsey Loi Johnson2020Currently registered
Michael Charles Whittaker2020Currently registered
Nathan Jeffrey Kopp2021Currently registered
Christopher Scott McIlveen2021Currently registered

All 49 registrations that list Coughlin & Gerhart 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 Michael Blakley studied at Penn State Law (the register spells it “Penn State Law University Park”). 168 of its 333 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2020s, as Samuel Michael Blakley was.

Same law school
333living graduates; 94.3% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Binghamton, NY
330living registrants

Of the 330 living registrants with an office in Binghamton, NY, 289 were admitted before 2021 and 31 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 Coughlin & Gerhart LLP49 on the register, 41 of the others admitted before 2021; 39 of the 49 give an office in Binghamton, NY.
  2. Penn State Law graduates on the register333 living, 94.3% registered; 3 of them list Coughlin & Gerhart LLP.
  3. Attorneys with an office in Binghamton, NY330 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Broome County’s registered bar386 currently registered, 1.96 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 20217,829 people admitted in 2021 are on the register, 3,571 of them through the Third 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 Michael Blakley’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Third Department, which admitted Samuel Michael Blakley in 2021. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Third Department’s grievance committee, which covers Broome 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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