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

William Samuel Massey

On the New York attorney register since 2005 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
4298238
Admitted
2005 · First Department
Status
was Due to re‑register now Delinquent
Next registration
Nov 2027

William Samuel Massey is delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2005 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Nov 2027. The Aug 6, 2026 file listed this registration as due to re‑register. 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.

  1. was Due to re‑register now Delinquent changed since the Aug 6, 2026 file
  2. Due to re‑register unchanged
  3. Due to re‑register the first file we hold

A change of standing between the 3 files of the last twelve months is struck through in red; the routine birthday cycle is not.

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

13 other attorneys list Gladstein, Reif & Meginniss, LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 8 of them were admitted before 2005, and all 14 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2005, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Judy Padow1989Currently registered
Yvonne Louise Brown1994Currently registered
Amelia Kristin Tuminaro2004Currently registered
Katherine Hollander Hansen2012Currently registered
Jessica Ekhause Harris2015Currently registered

All 14 registrations that list Gladstein, Reif & Meginniss, 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 Samuel Massey studied at CUNY School of Law (the register spells it “C.U.N.Y. SCHOOL OF LAW”). 884 of its 3,869 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as William Samuel Massey was.

Same law school
3,869living graduates; 91.9% 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, 36,704 were admitted before 2005 and 54,903 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 Gladstein, Reif & Meginniss, LLP14 on the register, 8 of the others admitted before 2005; all 14 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. CUNY School of Law graduates on the register3,869 living, 91.9% 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 20058,525 people admitted in 2005 are on the register, 3,154 of them through the First Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Delinquent”15,500 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  7. 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 William Samuel Massey’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 William Samuel Massey in 2005. 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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