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Brookyn Law School
24 graduates of Brookyn Law School are registered with the New York State Bar, with the largest cohort practicing in , . Status, geography, and admission-year history come straight from the NY OCA registry.
- 24
- NY bar alumni
- 0.0%
- currently active
- top market
The short answer
Brookyn Law School has placed 24 graduates on the New York register, of whom 0 (0.0%) remain actively registered today.
- 24
- graduates on the NY register
- 0.0%
- currently active and in good standing
- largest alumni market — 19 attorneys
- 2011
- most recent class — 1 admitted
What the alumni data reveals
Brookyn Law School has 24 alumni registered with the New York State Bar, with 0 (0.0%) currently in active standing. The active-status share is a meaningful signal for prospective students and employers: it captures how many graduates are still practicing law under their New York bar credential versus those who have retired, moved to other jurisdictions, or transitioned into business, academia, or public service roles that do not require active bar membership. A rate near 0.0% is within the normal range for established law schools with alumni populations spanning multiple decades of admission classes.
Geographic placement is concentrated: , is the single largest market for Brookyn Law School alumni with 19 registered attorneys (79.2% of alumni in this dataset). The top 5 cities for this school's graduates are (19), Brooklyn (2), Cresskill (1), Ft Lauderdale (1), Great Neck (1) — placement patterns that reflect both proximity to the school and the historical strength of its alumni network in those markets. The most recent admission class (2011) produced 1 new attorneys, providing a rough pulse on current graduating-class scale; comparing 2011 against earlier years in the distribution below gives a sense of pipeline growth or contraction.
Law school affiliation matters for network effects, signaling, and specific practice pipelines — but it is not a direct predictor of individual attorney competence for your matter. When using this page to evaluate an attorney who graduated from Brookyn Law School, treat the school as one data point alongside bar status, years of practice, discipline history, practice area alignment, and client references. For students comparing law schools, the alumni-active rate and geographic distribution here reflect outcomes for New York-registered graduates only — consult ABA-required disclosures and the school's own employment reports for complete placement data. The information below is drawn from public bar registration records and is not endorsement, ranking, or evaluation of the school's academic program.
Status Distribution
Top Cities
Recent Admissions
Brookyn Law School — NY bar admissions by year
New attorneys from this school admitted to the New York bar each year (most recent classes)
- 1960
1960
1 admitted
- 1961
1961
2 admitted
- 1967
1967
2 admitted
- 1970
1970
1 admitted
- 1973
1973
1 admitted
- 1975
1975
1 admitted
- 1977
1977
1 admitted
- 1980
1980
1 admitted
- 1981
1981
1 admitted
- 1985
1985
1 admitted
- 1993
1993
1 admitted
- 1994
1994
2 admitted
- 1996
1996
1 admitted
- 2011
2011
1 admitted
What this shows Each bar is a single admission year. Rising bars in recent years signal a growing New York pipeline; a peak in earlier years means the school's NY presence is largely historical.
Alumni Directory
| Name | Status |
|---|---|
| Denis Brody | Deceased |
| Joseph Francis Cafiero | Deceased |
| Peter Ei-Yang Chin | Currently registered |
| Noach Dear | Deceased |
| Alexander Fine | Currently registered |
| Theodore Geffner | Deceased |
| Melvin Goldstein | Deceased |
| Alec G. Graham | Currently registered |
| Kenneth Allan Greene | Deceased |
| Alan Hegeman | Deceased |
| Lise Gabrielle Hunter | Currently registered |
| Ellis Bernard Iversen | Deceased |
| Howard Charles Kochman | Deceased |
| Barnett Louis Kulak | Deceased |
| James Douglas Perillo | Currently registered |
| William Posner | Deceased |
| Sarah Rosenthal Pruzan | Deceased |
| Theodore H. Rosenblatt | Deceased |
| Jan B. Schoenhaus | Resigned |
| William B. Sherman | Currently registered |
| Lubov Stark | Currently registered |
| Paul H. Till | Deceased |
| Martin L. Weiss | Incapacitated |
| Wendy Lowenthal Young | Due to reregister within 30 days of birthday |
Frequently Asked Questions
How many attorneys graduated from Brookyn Law School?
24 attorneys registered with the New York State Bar graduated from Brookyn Law School. Of these, 0 (0.0%) are currently registered and active.
Where do Brookyn Law School graduates practice?
The most common practice location for Brookyn Law School graduates is , , with 19 attorneys. Alumni practice across 5 cities.
What is the bar status rate for Brookyn Law School alumni?
Of 24 alumni, 0.0% are currently registered and active with the New York State Bar. The remaining 100.0% have other statuses including retired, suspended, or voluntarily resigned.
How many attorneys were admitted from Brookyn Law School recently?
In 2011, 1 attorneys from Brookyn Law School were admitted to the New York State Bar.
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Source: NY Office of Court Administration via data.ny.gov — attorney registration dataset.
Verification: NY Courts Attorney Registration Search.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.