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

Annabelle Villiers Irey

On the New York attorney register since 1985 · office in Buffalo, NY

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

Registration No.
1971191
Admitted
1985 · Fourth Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Jan 2027

Annabelle Villiers Irey is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1985 in the Fourth Department, with an office in Buffalo, 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 Annabelle Villiers Irey 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

152 other attorneys list Phillips Lytle LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 18 of them were admitted before 1985, and 96 of the 153 give an office in Buffalo, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1985, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Richard M. Beers Jr1985Currently registered
Alan J. Bozer1985Currently registered
Kevin Joseph English1985Currently registered
Sharon Louise Wick1985Currently registered
David E. Bronston1986Currently registered

All 153 registrations that list Phillips Lytle 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

Annabelle Villiers Irey studied at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law (the register spells it “VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY”). 215 of its 1,575 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Annabelle Villiers Irey was.

Same law school
1,575living graduates; 88.4% 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, 444 were admitted before 1985 and 2,973 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 Phillips Lytle LLP153 on the register, 18 of the others admitted before 1985; 96 of the 153 give an office in Buffalo, NY.
  2. Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law graduates on the register1,575 living, 88.4% registered.
  3. Attorneys with an office in Buffalo, NY3,467 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Erie County’s registered bar4,149 currently registered, 4.36 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 19856,046 people admitted in 1985 are on the register, 433 of them through the Fourth 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 Annabelle Villiers Irey’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 Annabelle Villiers Irey in 1985. 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).

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