Adam Stephan Hains
On the New York attorney register since 2018 · office in Buffalo, NY
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 5575022
- Admitted
- 2018 · Fourth Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Jan 2028
Adam Stephan Hains is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2018 in the Fourth Department, with an office in Buffalo, NY; next registration due Jan 2028. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.
What this status means on the register
On the register, “Currently registered” means Adam Stephan Hains has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Jan 2028.
- Currently registered unchanged
- Currently registered unchanged
- Currently registered the first file we hold
Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; the Jul 3, 2026 and Aug 6, 2026 files for the history.
Others who list this employer on the register
The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Chelus Herdzik Speyer & Monte PC”. We count that spelling with Chelus, Herdzik, Speyer & Monte, P.C., the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
15 other attorneys list Chelus, Herdzik, Speyer & Monte, P.C. or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 13 of them were admitted before 2018, and all 16 give an office in Buffalo, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2018, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Katy Margaret Hedges | 2006 | Currently registered |
| Mark Alan Forden | 2008 | Currently registered |
| Nicholas Matthew Hriczko | 2014 | Currently registered |
| Canio Joseph Marasco III | 2023 | Currently registered |
| William Lawrence Hartford | 2025 | Currently registered |
All 16 registrations that list Chelus, Herdzik, Speyer & Monte, P.C.
Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; employer spellings merged (methodology).
Where this record sits on the register
Adam Stephan Hains studied at Brooklyn Law School. 3,848 of its 20,058 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Adam Stephan Hains was.
- Same law school
- 20,058living graduates; 86.6% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Buffalo, NY
- 3,467living registrants
Of the 3,467 living registrants with an office in Buffalo, NY, 2,706 were admitted before 2018 and 680 after.
Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; living registrants only.
Questions this record leads to
- Everyone who lists Chelus, Herdzik, Speyer & Monte, P.C.16 on the register, 13 of the others admitted before 2018; all 16 give an office in Buffalo, NY.
- Brooklyn Law School graduates on the register20,058 living, 86.6% registered.
- Attorneys with an office in Buffalo, NY3,467 living registrants give an office there.
- Erie County’s registered bar4,149 currently registered, 4.36 per 1,000 residents.
- Admitted in 20188,750 people admitted in 2018 are on the register, 301 of them through the Fourth Department.
- Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
- What a New York lawyer may chargeThe court rules on fees, retainers and fee disputes, each cited.
How to confirm it officially
For a statement of Adam Stephan Hains’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, which admitted Adam Stephan Hains in 2018. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Fourth Department’s grievance committee, which covers Erie County, where the register places the office.
This page reads the register file of Sep 29, 2026, and the court system’s own search can be newer; the register shows only the current value, so a suspension that ended before the files we hold, or a censure, leaves no trace here (Appellate Division decisions are published through the court system’s Law Reporting Bureau).