Bar records & milestones
Living records from the New York bar rolls, computed from official public records each time this page loads. Every entry links to the attorney's full record.
Earliest bar number on record
Frank A. Gulotta Jr.
Bar No. 1000017 - admitted 1965 - 61 years
The lowest bar number still carried on the public rolls.
Earliest bar number still active
Frank A. Gulotta Jr.
Bar No. 1000017 - admitted 1965 - 61 years
The longest-standing bar number that remains in active practice today.
Earliest admission on record
Charles C. Burlingham
Bar No. 1359967 - admitted 1898 - 128 years
The oldest admission date carried on the public rolls.
Longest-practicing active attorney
Muriel S. Kessler
Bar No. 1031285 - admitted 1948 - 78 years - Bronx
The earliest admission date among attorneys practicing today.
Newest member of the bar
Anshu Khadka
Bar No. 6355135 - admitted 2026
The most recent admission on the public rolls.
Highest bar number issued
Anshu Khadka
Bar No. 6355135 - admitted 2026
The most recently issued number on the public rolls.
Fifty-year members still active
15,523
Attorneys admitted fifty or more years ago who remain in active practice.
Admissions by decade
Admission dates as carried on the public rolls; earliest records may be incomplete.