PlainAttorney Register file of Sep 29, 2026 · NY Office of Court Administration, via data.ny.gov

Allison Elizabeth Smith

On the New York attorney register since 2011 · office in Hopewell Junction, NY

PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.

Registration No.
4895173
Admitted
2011 · Third Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Jan 2027

Allison Elizabeth Smith is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2011 in the Third Department, with an office in Hopewell Junction, NY; next registration due Jan 2027. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Currently registered” means Allison Elizabeth Smith has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Jan 2027.

  1. Currently registered unchanged
  2. Currently registered unchanged
  3. 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

13 other attorneys list Thomas, Drohan, Waxman & Petigrow LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 7 of them were admitted before 2011, and 11 of the 14 give an office in Hopewell Junction, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2011, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Neelanjan Choudhury2006Currently registered
David Hannum Strong2009Currently registered
Melissa Nicole Knapp2012Currently registered
Pamela Dale Bass2016Currently registered
Cassidy Ellen Allison2019Currently registered

All 14 registrations that list Thomas, Drohan, Waxman & Petigrow LLP

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

Allison Elizabeth Smith studied at Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University (the register spells it “Pace Law School”). 1,807 of its 8,033 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Allison Elizabeth Smith was.

Same law school
8,033living graduates; 90.0% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Hopewell Junction, NY
54living registrants

Of the 54 living registrants with an office in Hopewell Junction, NY, 44 were admitted before 2011 and 9 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

  1. Everyone who lists Thomas, Drohan, Waxman & Petigrow LLP14 on the register, 7 of the others admitted before 2011; 11 of the 14 give an office in Hopewell Junction, NY.
  2. Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University graduates on the register8,033 living, 90.0% registered.
  3. Attorneys with an office in Hopewell Junction, NY54 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Dutchess County’s registered bar754 currently registered, 2.53 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 20119,856 people admitted in 2011 are on the register, 4,120 of them through the Third Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  7. 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 Allison Elizabeth Smith’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Third Department, which admitted Allison Elizabeth Smith in 2011. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Second Department’s Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial District, which covers Dutchess 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).

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