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

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

A law firm on the New York attorney register · most who list it give an office in New York

On the register
1,105
Registered, current or due
1,048
Admitted
1954 to 2026

1,105 attorneys on the New York register file of Sep 29, 2026 list Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP as their employer; 1,048 (95%) are registered (currently, or due to re‑register), against 87.1% of all living registrants. They were admitted between 1954 and 2026 (median 2018), and 969 give an office in New York.

When its attorneys were admitted

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP: share by decade of admission, against every living registrant <1%1950s1%1960s3%1970s4%1980s8%1990s14%2000s26%2010s44%2020s
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP: share by decade of admission, against every living registrant <1%1950s1%1960s3%1970s4%1980s8%1990s14%2000s26%2010s44%2020s
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP: share by decade of admission, against every living registrant <1%1950s1%3%1970s4%8%1990s14%26%44%2020s
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP: share by decade of admission, against every living registrant <1%1950s1%1960s3%1970s4%1980s8%1990s14%2000s26%2010s44%2020s
Share of attorneys who list Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP admitted in each decade (columns) against every living registrant (dashed); register file of Sep 29, 2026.
DecadeThis firmEvery living registrant
1950s<1%<1%
1960s1%2%
1970s3%6%
1980s4%13%
1990s8%17%
2000s14%22%
2010s26%24%
2020s44%15%

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

Where they studied

Law schoolAttorneys
Columbia Law School159
Harvard Law School141
New York University School of Law127
Georgetown University Law Center51
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School50
Fordham University School of Law45

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

Where its attorneys have their office

OfficeAttorneys
New York, NY969
Washington, DC31
London24
Beijing19
Hong Kong16
Redwood City, CA15

Attorneys who list Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP on the register, page 48 of 56

Currently registered attorneys first, most recently admitted first.

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Jeffrey Morton Oakes1980Currently registered
Linda Ann Simpson1980Currently registered
George R. Bason Jr.1979Currently registered
Alan Dean1979Currently registered
John Riche Ettinger1979Currently registered
Laureen Frances Bedell1978Currently registered
David Scott Wise1978Currently registered
Howard A. Ellins1977Currently registered
Karen Elizabeth Wagner1977Currently registered
Patrick Serge Kenadjian1976Currently registered
Robert Jay Levine1976Currently registered
Jerome G. Snider1976Currently registered
David Madison Wells1976Currently registered
Marlene J. Alva1975Currently registered
Beverly Fanger Chase1975Currently registered
Christopher Mayer1975Currently registered
Bradley Y. Smith1975Currently registered
William Howard Weigel1975Currently registered
Robert Lee Heckart1974Currently registered
William E. Wurtz1973Currently registered

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

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