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Columbia Univ Law Sch

4 NY-registered attorneys from Columbia Univ Law Sch, including John S. Bainbridge, Harold Murray Seidel, Jeffrey Ellis Silver, and Guy I. Smiley; Beverly Hills, CA appears most.

4
NY alumni (thin set)
25.0%
still active
Beverly Hills
largest office city

Columbia Univ Law Sch: John S. Bainbridge and 3 other NY-registered alumni

This page covers 4 NY OCA rows for Columbia Univ Law Sch, including John S. Bainbridge, Harold Murray Seidel, Jeffrey Ellis Silver, and Guy I. Smiley.

1 (25.0%) remain active; Beverly Hills, CA appears most often (1); newest admission year 1970.

Every Columbia Univ Law Sch alumnus on this register

Name Status
John S. Bainbridge Deceased
Harold Murray Seidel Resigned
Jeffrey Ellis Silver Suspended, delinquent
Guy I. Smiley Currently registered

Status on a thin alumni set

Suspended, delinquent 1 (25.0%)
Resigned 1 (25.0%)
Deceased 1 (25.0%)
Currently registered 1 (25.0%)

Cities that appear at all

BEVERLY HILLS, CA 1
NEW YORK, NY 1

Recent NY admissions

Class of 1970 1 admitted
Class of 1964 1 admitted
Class of 1956 1 admitted
Class of 1941 1 admitted

Questions this small set can answer

Who from Columbia Univ Law Sch appears on the NY register?

Named on this page: John S. Bainbridge, Harold Murray Seidel, Jeffrey Ellis Silver, and Guy I. Smiley. In total 4 NY OCA rows list Columbia Univ Law Sch; 1 (25.0%) are currently active.

Which city shows up most for these Columbia Univ Law Sch rows?

Beverly Hills, CA appears on 1 of the 4 records (25%). With a thin set, one attorney moves the share a lot.

Nationwide law schools with similar NY alumni volume or active rate

ALUMNI 4 ACTIVE 25.0% AGING-REG VOL-AXIS RATE-AXIS

Two non-geo peer axes for Columbia Univ Law Sch: closest NY OCA alumni volume, and closest share of currently-registered alumni. Distinct from the high-volume ladder below.

Counts and active rates come from the NY State Office of Court Administration registration extract; peers are not a bar-exam quality or employment ranking.

Schools near Columbia Univ Law Sch on the NY register

Other thin-to-mid NY alumni schools near this page include New York University School Of Law.

New York University School Of Law 26,345 Brooklyn Law School 24,968 Fordham University School Of Law 23,103 Columbia Law School 21,682 St. John'S University School Of Law 18,614

Side-by-side: Columbia Univ Law Sch vs New York University School Of Law →

Source, verification & disclosure

Disclaimer: This data is sourced from public state bar registration records. PlainAttorney does not provide legal advice or endorsements. Always verify attorney credentials directly with the relevant state bar.

Source: NY Office of Court Administration via data.ny.gov - attorney registration dataset · as of September 2026.

Verification: NY Courts Attorney Registration Search.

Methodology: sourcing, computation, verification.