Research

Original data research from the PlainAttorney editorial process. Every number here is pulled directly from our live database; nothing is hardcoded.

Research at a glance

PlainAttorney's research draws on 432,625 NY OCA attorney registrations across 2,684 cities and 2,146 law schools, including 290,787 currently active.

432,625
NY OCA registrations
290,787
Currently active
2,684
Cities with offices
2,146
Law schools represented

Every figure is computed from the portal database and links to its method and source context.

Top 10 US Cities by Registered Attorney Count (NY Bar)

Where do NY-admitted attorneys actually keep their offices? Cities are ranked by how many bar members list that city as their primary registration address, rendered live from the cities table.

New York Bar Registration Status Distribution

How many NY attorneys are actively registered versus retired, suspended, or delinquent? This breakdown catalogues the full status distribution from the OCA registry, rendered live from the statuses table.

Download the office-state aggregate extract cited on this page: plainattorney-statistics.csv (CC BY-SA 4.0; aggregate only, not individual attorney rows).