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

Andrew John Ahonen

On the New York attorney register since 2002 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
4046629
Admitted
2002 · Second Department
Status
Suspended, delinquent
Next registration
Oct 2026

Andrew John Ahonen is suspended, delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2002 in the Second Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Oct 2026. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Suspended, delinquent” means the attorney is recorded as suspended from practice, with the registration also delinquent. The register does not give the reason or date of a suspension; the Appellate Division’s order does.

  1. Suspended, delinquent unchanged
  2. Suspended, delinquent unchanged
  3. Suspended, delinquent 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 “Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP”. We count that spelling with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.

88 other attorneys list Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 6 of them were admitted before 2002, and 29 of the 89 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2002, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Stephanie A. Giry2002Suspended, delinquent
Martina Maack2002Delinquent
Anna Katharina Birus2003Suspended, currently registered
Jesse Clarke2003Suspended, delinquent
Laurent Dabernat2003Suspended, delinquent

All 89 registrations that list Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

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

Andrew John Ahonen studied at University of British Columbia Peter A. Allard School of Law (the register spells it “UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA”). 102 of its 210 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as Andrew John Ahonen was.

Same law school
210living graduates; 86.7% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in New York, NY
93,604living registrants

Of the 93,604 living registrants with an office in New York, NY, 31,301 were admitted before 2002 and 60,553 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 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer89 on the register, 6 of the others admitted before 2002; 29 of the 89 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. University of British Columbia Peter A. Allard School of Law graduates on the register210 living, 86.7% registered; 2 of them list Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
  3. Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
  4. New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 20027,981 people admitted in 2002 are on the register, 2,478 of them through the Second Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Suspended, delinquent”20,229 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
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How to confirm it officially

For a statement of Andrew John Ahonen’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Second Department, which admitted Andrew John Ahonen in 2002. A complaint about this attorney would go to the First Department’s grievance committee, which covers New York 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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