New York Attorney Statistics
Data as of · figures update with each NY OCA data refresh
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According to the New York Office of Court Administration, 432,625 attorneys are admitted to the New York bar, of whom 290,787 (67%) are currently registered. They keep registered offices across 51 states and DC. 2,190 rows are Disbarred; most Suspended* rows are administrative (Suspended, delinquent), not a public disbarment count. This page collects the reference figures behind PlainAttorney, with the methodology for every derived number.
290,787 of 432,625 NY-admitted attorneys (67%) are Currently registered in the September 2026 OCA extract.
PlainAttorney aggregates 432,625 attorney registration rows from the New York Office of Court Administration (September 2026). 290,787 carry Currently registered status; 2,190 are Disbarred. Registered offices span 51 states and DC. These are registry-status aggregates, not a ranking of lawyer quality; confirm any person-level status against the OCA source.
- Registered attorneys
- 432,625
- Currently active
- 290,787
- Disbarred
- 2,190
- Law schools represented
- 2,146
Citable findings
These sentences are computed from the live extract. They are registry facts, not a ranking of lawyer quality. Confirm any person-level status against the OCA source.
- 290,787 of 432,625 rows (67.2%) are Currently registered. 49,186 are Deceased; 43,128 are due to reregister within 30 days of birthday.
- Of 261,020 rows with an office state, 163,313 (62.6%) list New York and 97,707 list another state.
- 2,190 rows are Disbarred and 718 resigned for a disciplinary reason. 19,103 of 21,002 Suspended* rows are Suspended, delinquent: an administrative label, not a public disbarment count.
- New York, NY has the most office rows (93,609, 4.77% registry flags). Among cities with 500 or more rows, Hackensack, NJ has the highest flag share (8.54% on 679) and Garden City, NY has the lowest (0.33% on 2,096). Flags include Suspended, delinquent.
- From 2026-07-03 to 2026-08-06, 1,193 status changes include 424 due-to-reregister to Delinquent moves and 23 Suspended* to Currently registered moves.
Largest office cities are not the highest flag-share cities
Row counts among cities with 500 or more NY-admitted attorneys (city names uppercased to merge NEW YORK / New York)
- New York, NY
New York, NY
93,609 registered attorneys
- Washington, DC 12,541
Washington, DC
12,541 registered attorneys
- Brooklyn, NY 7,283
Brooklyn, NY
7,283 registered attorneys
- Albany, NY 3,678
Albany, NY
3,678 registered attorneys
- Buffalo, NY 3,465
Buffalo, NY
3,465 registered attorneys
- White Plains, NY 3,331
White Plains, NY
3,331 registered attorneys
- Boston, MA 2,913
Boston, MA
2,913 registered attorneys
- Los Angeles, CA 2,873
Los Angeles, CA
2,873 registered attorneys
What this shows New York leads on volume. Registry-flag share (including administrative Suspended, delinquent) is a different ranking: Hackensack is not the volume leader. This is not a safety or ethics ranking.
Attorneys by office state
New York holds the most registered offices for NY-admitted attorneys. The ten largest office states together account for 237,036 of them.
| # | State | Attorneys with office here |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | 163,313 |
| 2 | New Jersey | 17,113 |
| 3 | California | 12,960 |
| 4 | District of Columbia | 12,660 |
| 5 | Florida | 7,887 |
| 6 | Connecticut | 5,620 |
| 7 | Massachusetts | 5,572 |
| 8 | Texas | 4,493 |
| 9 | Pennsylvania | 4,169 |
| 10 | Virginia | 3,249 |
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 | 26,345 |
| 2 | Brooklyn Law School | 24,968 |
| 3 | Fordham University School Of Law | 23,103 |
| 4 | Columbia Law School | 21,682 |
| 5 | St. John'S University School Of Law | 18,614 |
| 6 | Harvard Law School | 16,712 |
| 7 | New York Law School | 15,933 |
| 8 | Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law (Yeshiva University) | 13,070 |
| 9 | Albany Law School | 11,697 |
| 10 | Georgetown University Law Center | 11,693 |
Full directory: all law schools.
Largest legal markets (cities)
| # | City | Attorneys |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York, NY | 93,609 |
| 2 | Washington, DC | 12,541 |
| 3 | Brooklyn, NY | 7,283 |
| 4 | Albany, NY | 3,678 |
| 5 | Buffalo, NY | 3,465 |
| 6 | White Plains, NY | 3,331 |
| 7 | Boston, MA | 2,913 |
| 8 | Los Angeles, CA | 2,873 |
| 9 | Bronx, NY | 2,635 |
| 10 | San Francisco, CA | 2,461 |
Discipline status
Of 432,625 registered attorneys, 2,190 are Disbarred and 718 resigned for a disciplinary reason. The remaining 21,002 Suspended* rows are mostly administrative: 19,103 are Suspended, delinquent. 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 September 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.
