New York Attorney Statistics
Data as of · figures update with each NY OCA data refresh
According to the New York Office of Court Administration, 429,620 attorneys are admitted to the New York bar, of whom 284,296 (66%) are currently active. They keep registered offices across 51 states and DC, and 24,037 carry a public discipline flag. This page collects the reference figures behind PlainAttorney, with the methodology for every derived number.
- Registered attorneys
- 429,620
- Currently active
- 284,296
- Public discipline flags
- 24,037
- Law schools represented
- 2,782
Attorneys by office state
New York holds the most registered offices for NY-admitted attorneys. The ten largest office states together account for 235,924 of them.
| # | State | Attorneys with office here |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | 162,405 |
| 2 | New Jersey | 17,112 |
| 3 | California | 12,890 |
| 4 | District of Columbia | 12,775 |
| 5 | Florida | 7,785 |
| 6 | Connecticut | 5,603 |
| 7 | Massachusetts | 5,535 |
| 8 | Texas | 4,447 |
| 9 | Pennsylvania | 4,147 |
| 10 | Virginia | 3,225 |
Full ranking: NY attorneys by office state.
Top law schools by NY-bar alumni
| # | Law school | Registered alumni |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York University School Of Law | 25,745 |
| 2 | Fordham University School Of Law | 22,919 |
| 3 | Columbia Law School | 21,447 |
| 4 | Brooklyn Law School | 18,202 |
| 5 | Harvard Law School | 16,595 |
| 6 | New York Law School | 14,968 |
| 7 | Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law (Yeshiva University) | 11,893 |
| 8 | Albany Law School | 8,705 |
| 9 | Hofstra University School Of Law | 6,635 |
| 10 | Georgetown University Law Center | 6,427 |
Full directory: all law schools.
Largest legal markets (cities)
| # | City | Attorneys |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York, NY | 86,723 |
| 2 | Washington, DC | 10,873 |
| 3 | Brooklyn, NY | 6,516 |
| 4 | Albany, NY | 3,427 |
| 5 | Buffalo, NY | 3,235 |
| 6 | White Plains, NY | 3,095 |
| 7 | Boston, MA | 2,601 |
| 8 | Los Angeles, CA | 2,537 |
| 9 | Bronx, NY | 2,304 |
| 10 | San Francisco, CA | 2,225 |
Discipline status
Of 429,620 registered attorneys, 24,037 carry a public discipline flag on their NY OCA record: 2,178 disbarred, 21,141 suspended, and 718 who resigned for a disciplinary reason. A flag reflects the registry status, not a judgment of current conduct — always confirm against the source record.
Using these figures
These are reference aggregates computed directly from the public NY OCA attorney registry, free to cite with attribution. Every figure is recomputed on each data refresh; numbers reflect the May 2026 registration cycle.
Source: New York Office of Court Administration Attorney registration records — name, status, admission year, office location, law school Aggregates computed by PlainAttorney from the official open-data file. Office-state figures group attorneys by their registered office address; every attorney is admitted to the NY bar.
