Sherwin Wayne Liff
On the New York attorney register since 1976
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 1131689
- Admitted
- 1976 · First Department
- Status
- Delinquent
- Next registration
- Nov 2026
Sherwin Wayne Liff is delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1976 in the First Department; next registration due Nov 2026. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold. The month shown is the next cycle’s; the delinquency concerns an earlier registration the register did not receive.
What this status means on the register
On the register, “Delinquent” means the attorney has a registration the register shows as due and not received. Under the rule a failure to register results in referral to the Appellate Division for disciplinary action; the register does not show whether a given attorney was referred.
- Delinquent unchanged
- Delinquent unchanged
- Delinquent 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.
Where this record sits on the register
Sherwin Wayne Liff studied at Fordham University School of Law (the register spells it “FORDHAM”). 1,515 of its 20,418 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1970s, as Sherwin Wayne Liff was.
- Same law school
- 20,418living graduates; 87.9% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
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
- Fordham University School of Law graduates on the register20,418 living, 87.9% registered.
- Admitted in 19763,226 people admitted in 1976 are on the register, 1,169 of them through the First Department.
- Every registration that reads “Delinquent”15,500 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
- How to complain about a New York lawyerThe grievance committee for each county, and what it can do.
How to confirm it officially
For a statement of Sherwin Wayne Liff’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 Sherwin Wayne Liff in 1976. The register publishes no address for this attorney, so it does not show which department’s grievance committee a complaint belongs to; a committee that receives one decides where it goes.
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).