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If you have found a discrepancy in attorney records or have a suggestion for improving the search experience, please get in touch. PlainAttorney is a small editorial operation, so messages reach a real person who reads them. The fastest way to get a useful reply is to be specific: tell us the page, the field, and what you expected to see.
Data Corrections
If you believe any data displayed on PlainAttorney is inaccurate, please email us with the specific page URL and the correction. We source data from the NY OCA via data.ny.gov and update regularly.
Response Time
We aim to respond within 72 hours on business days. Partnership inquiries and media requests may take up to one week. For time-sensitive matters, please indicate so in the subject line and we will prioritize accordingly.
Corrections Process
When reporting an error, please include the exact URL, the field you believe is wrong, the correct value, and the official source. For NY OCA data, we typically wait for the next upstream refresh.
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What We Can Help With
We can clarify how a figure on the site was calculated, point you to the original source record, fix a display or formatting error on our end, and explain our methodology. We cannot give legal advice, recommend an attorney, or change an official bar record. For anything that turns on the authoritative status of a license, the New York OCA registry remains the system of record.
Data Refresh Cycle
The NY OCA publishes registration data on a recurring basis, and we re-import the full dataset on each refresh rather than patching individual rows. That means a recent change to a real bar record will appear here after the next upstream publication, not instantly. If a record looks stale, the source date on our methodology page tells you when the data was last pulled.
How to Report an Error Effectively
A good correction report saves everyone time and helps us fix the issue at the source. The most useful messages include four things: the exact page URL where you saw the problem, the specific field or number you believe is wrong, the value you expected instead, and an official source we can check against, such as the New York OCA attorney search. Screenshots help when a layout looks broken. If the underlying bar record itself is wrong, the correction has to happen at the New York Office of Court Administration first, because we mirror their data rather than maintain our own copy; once their record updates, ours follows on the next refresh. For questions about how a statistic was derived, mention the page and the figure and we will walk you through the calculation or point you to the methodology section that documents it.
Editorial Independence
PlainAttorney is an independent editorial operation that builds plain-language reference sites around public attorney data. We do not accept payment or placement from attorneys or firms we cover, and no message from a firm will move it up or down a ranking. Our only revenue source is contextual display advertising, which keeps the records free for everyone to read.