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

Theodore M. Gewertz

On the New York attorney register since 1962 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
1144021
Admitted
1962 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
May 2028

Theodore M. Gewertz is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1962 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due May 2028. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Currently registered” means Theodore M. Gewertz has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in May 2028.

  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

257 other attorneys list Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 2 of them were admitted before 1962, and all 258 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1962, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Herbert M. Wachtell1955Currently registered
Martin Lipton1956Currently registered
Richard D. Katcher1966Currently registered
Peter Constantine Canellos1967Due to re‑register
Michael William Schwartz1968Currently registered

All 258 registrations that list Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

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

Theodore M. Gewertz studied at New York University School of Law. 1,095 of its 23,248 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1960s, as Theodore M. Gewertz was.

Same law school
23,248living graduates; 86.5% 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, 249 were admitted before 1962 and 93,283 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 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz258 on the register, 2 of the others admitted before 1962; all 258 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. New York University School of Law graduates on the register23,248 living, 86.5% 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 19621,468 people admitted in 1962 are on the register, 434 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 Theodore M. Gewertz’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 Theodore M. Gewertz in 1962. 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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