| Changing
Your Registration Information
Changes to an attorney's registration
information (address, phone number, or
any other information with the exception of a name change)
are to be filed with the Office of Court Administration within
30 days of the change. All changes must be submitted in writing,
by the attorney. Changes will not be accepted over the phone.
The attorney must include in the correspondence his/her full
name, Attorney Registration number and an indication of the
nature of the change (i.e., home vs business address is being
changed). Changes may be submitted in any of the following
formats:
- On the Registration form. Cross out the
incorrect information and write in the corrected/new information.
Return the form (with the registration fee) to the address
noted on the form.
- On the blue receipt. Cross out the incorrect
information and write in the corrected/new information.
Sign and return the receipt to the address noted on the
form.
- Via a personal e-mail to: attyreg@courts.state.ny.us
Requests for address changes will not be accepted if e-mailed from another
person, secretary, etc.
- Via US mail to:
OCA - Attorney Registration
PO BOX 2806
Church Street Station
New York, NY 10008
- Via fax to Attorney Registration: (212)
428-2804
Name Changes must
be made with the Appellate Division in which you were admitted.
The
Attorney
Registration Unit will only accept name changes upon written
order from an Appellate Division. Please contact the appropriate
Appellate Division to obtain instructions for changing your
name officially. The phone numbers for the respective Appellate
Divisions are as follows:
- First Department -
(212) 779-1779
- Second Department -
(718) 875-1300
- Third Department -
(518) 471-4778
- Fourth Department -
(585) 530-3100
If you have already made an official
name change but this information is not reflected on your
Attorney Registration record, please attach a copy of the
Appellate Division order to the receipt and return it to:
Via US mail to:
Office of Court Administration, Attorney Registration Unit
PO BOX 2806
Church Street Station
New York, NY 10008 |
