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

Attorneys with an office in New York, NY

New York County

On the register
93,604
Currently registered
75,634
File of
Sep 29, 2026

93,604 living attorneys on the New York register file of Sep 29, 2026 give an office in New York; 75,634 are currently registered, 100% of the 75,989 in New York County. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is the employer most listed (1,049), and New York University School of Law the most common school.

Attorneys with an office in New York, page 15

Currently registered, most recently admitted first.

AttorneyEmployerAdmitted
Serena T ChengDavis Polk & Wardwell LLP2026
Xinyan Cheng1 New York Plaza2026
Rose Rebecca ChengDavis Polk & Wardwell LLP2026
Isabella Jiayi ChengSimpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP2026
Audrey Tianxiao ChengDavis Polk & Wardwell LLP2026
Sydney Catherine CherryWillkie Farr & Gallagher LLP2026
Yuang ChiSullivan & Cromwell LLP2026
Yune-Ting Tiffany ChiangO’Melveny & Myers LLP2026
Anna Emily ChildressDavis Polk & Wardwell LLP2026
Jinwan ChoWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP2026
Yoona ChoSkadden2026
Yang Hyun ChoCravath, Swaine and Moore LLP2026
Hyun Thur ChoSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates2026
Jun Woo ChoiMerchant & Gould P.C.2026
Jean ChoiCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP2026
Annabel Castine ChosyWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (Wilmerhale)2026
Sarah Pervaiz ChoudhryGoetz Schenker Blee & Wiederhorn LLP2026
Eric Kohler ChubinskyHarris Beach Murtha Cullina, PLLC2026
Megan Alyssa ChunNew York Legal Assistance Group2026
Jonathan ChylinskiCravath, Swaine & Moore LLP2026

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026.

When they were admitted, against the state

New York: share of attorneys by decade of admission, against all attorneys with a New York office <1%1950s1%1960s4%1970s10%1980s15%1990s21%2000s27%2010s22%2020s
New York: share of attorneys by decade of admission, against all attorneys with a New York office <1%1950s1%1960s4%1970s10%1980s15%1990s21%2000s27%2010s22%2020s
New York: share of attorneys by decade of admission, against all attorneys with a New York office <1%1950s1%4%1970s10%15%1990s21%27%22%2020s
New York: share of attorneys by decade of admission, against all attorneys with a New York office <1%1950s1%1960s4%1970s10%1980s15%1990s21%2000s27%2010s22%2020s
Share of New York’s living attorneys admitted in each decade (columns) against all living attorneys with a New York office (dashed).
DecadeNew YorkAll New York
1950s<1%<1%
1960s1%2%
1970s4%6%
1980s10%13%
1990s15%18%
2000s21%20%
2010s27%24%
2020s22%18%

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026.

Firms with the most attorneys in New York

FirmAttorneys
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP1,049
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP1,013
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP969
Kirkland & Ellis LLP959
Latham & Watkins LLP925
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP675
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP618
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP613

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; employer spellings merged.

Where New York’s attorneys studied

Law schoolAttorneys
New York University School of Law7,748
Fordham University School of Law7,592
Brooklyn Law School6,477
Columbia Law School6,402
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University4,907
New York Law School4,737
Harvard Law School4,356
St. John’s University School of Law3,662

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026.

Questions this place leads to

  1. New York County’s registered barNew York holds 100% of the county’s 75,989 currently registered attorneys.
  2. Everyone who lists Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP1,049 of them give an office in New York; 1,308 on the register in all.
  3. New York University School of Law graduates on the register7,748 of New York’s attorneys studied there, more than at any other school.
  4. Every New York city and town on the registerEach place with its attorneys and how many are currently registered.
  5. Check another New York lawyerBy name, firm, city, school or registration number.

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The register lists who is admitted and where their office is, not what kind of law anyone practises, so this page cannot suggest a lawyer for a problem. The New York State Bar Association’s Lawyer Referral Service matches people with lawyers by area of law; once you have a name, its record here shows whether the lawyer is registered.