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

Willa Irene Lewis

On the New York attorney register since 1979 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
1066539
Admitted
1979 · Second Department
Status
Due to re‑register
Next registration
Sep 2026

Willa Irene Lewis is due to re‑register on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1979 in the Second Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Sep 2026. Since Jul 3, 2026 it has moved only through the routine two-year cycle.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Due to re‑register” means the attorney has a biennial registration falling due or overdue: the rule asks for it within 30 days after the attorney’s birthday in each alternate year, and the record gives the month it is due. The value stays until the register records the filing or marks the registration delinquent, so the month can have passed; by itself it is not a finding.

  1. Due to re‑register unchanged
  2. Currently registered to Due to re‑register the routine two-year cycle: the registration window opened
  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

4 other attorneys list Brandt, Steinberg, Lewis & Blond LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 1 of them was admitted before 1979, and all 5 give an office in New York, NY. The 4 whose admission is closest to 1979, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Richard Anson Steinberg1974Currently registered
Peter Eric Blond1998Currently registered
Michaelle Francois2003Currently registered
Alexa Rosado2023Currently 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

Willa Irene Lewis studied at St. John’s University School of Law (the register spells it “St. Johns University School of Law”). 1,769 of its 15,595 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1970s, as Willa Irene Lewis was.

Same law school
15,595living graduates; 88.6% 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, 4,378 were admitted before 1979 and 88,646 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. St. John’s University School of Law graduates on the register15,595 living, 88.6% registered.
  2. Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
  3. New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
  4. Admitted in 19793,974 people admitted in 1979 are on the register, 1,713 of them through the Second Department.
  5. Every registration that reads “Due to re‑register”47,986 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  6. 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 Willa Irene Lewis’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Second Department, which admitted Willa Irene Lewis in 1979. 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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