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

William Robert Devine

On the New York attorney register since 1965 · office in Melville, NY

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

Registration No.
1040955
Admitted
1965 · Second Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
May 2028

William Robert Devine is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1965 in the Second Department, with an office in Melville, 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 William Robert Devine 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

27 other attorneys list Bartlett LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 0 of them were admitted before 1965, and 25 of the 28 give an office in Melville, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1965, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Brian E. Lee1977Currently registered
Glen Thomas Pewarski1981Delinquent
Leland Neil Garbus1982Currently registered
Grace Carreras McCallen1986Currently registered
Louis Stephen Tassan1986Due to re‑register

All 28 registrations that list Bartlett 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 Robert Devine studied at Georgetown University Law Center (the register spells it “GEORGETOWN LAW CENTER”). 131 of its 11,562 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1960s, as William Robert Devine was.

Same law school
11,562living graduates; 87.9% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Melville, NY
1,478living registrants

Of the 1,478 living registrants with an office in Melville, NY, 6 were admitted before 1965 and 1,470 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 Bartlett LLP28 on the register, 0 of the others admitted before 1965; 25 of the 28 give an office in Melville, NY.
  2. Georgetown University Law Center graduates on the register11,562 living, 87.9% registered.
  3. Attorneys with an office in Melville, NY1,478 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Suffolk County’s registered bar5,823 currently registered, 3.81 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 19651,502 people admitted in 1965 are on the register, 734 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 Robert Devine’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 Robert Devine in 1965. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Second Department’s Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, which covers Suffolk 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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