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

William Patrick Brady

On the New York attorney register since 1981 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
1734953
Admitted
1981 · Second Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Mar 2028

William Patrick Brady is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1981 in the Second Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Mar 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 William Patrick Brady has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Mar 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

75 other attorneys list Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 2 of them were admitted before 1981, and 41 of the 76 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1981, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Kenneth R. Larywon1979Currently registered
Peter Thomas Crean1982Currently registered
Patrice J. Koeneke1982Delinquent
Jeffrey Jude Lawton1982Currently registered
Edward William Leckerling1983Suspended, delinquent

All 76 registrations that list Martin Clearwater & Bell 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

William Patrick Brady studied at Vermont Law and Graduate School (the register spells it “Vermont Law School”). 197 of its 1,201 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as William Patrick Brady was.

Same law school
1,201living 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, 5,620 were admitted before 1981 and 87,255 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 Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP76 on the register, 2 of the others admitted before 1981; 41 of the 76 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. Vermont Law and Graduate School graduates on the register1,201 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 19814,916 people admitted in 1981 are on the register, 2,027 of them through the Second 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 William Patrick Brady’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 William Patrick Brady in 1981. 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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