Barry Tsz-Hin Lau
On the New York attorney register since 2016 · office in Palo Alto, CA
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 5471479
- Admitted
- 2016 · Third Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Feb 2028
Barry Tsz-Hin Lau is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2016 in the Third Department, with an office in Palo Alto, CA; next registration due Feb 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 Barry Tsz-Hin Lau has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Feb 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 “Simpson Thacher & Barlett LLP”. We count that spelling with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
1,307 other attorneys list Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 523 of them were admitted before 2016, and 19 of the 1,308 give an office in Palo Alto, CA. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2016, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Jessica Ann Asrat | 2016 | Currently registered |
| Young Bin Bang | 2016 | Due to re‑register |
| Nancy Christine Baynard | 2016 | Due to re‑register |
| Monisha Maria Bhayana | 2016 | Due to re‑register |
| Sindhu Boddu | 2016 | Currently registered |
All 1,308 registrations that list Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 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
Barry Tsz-Hin Lau studied at UNSW Sydney Faculty of Law and Justice (the register spells it “The University of New South Wales”). 64 of its 212 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Barry Tsz-Hin Lau was.
- Same law school
- 212living graduates; 83.5% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Palo Alto, CA
- 393living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 393 living registrants with an office in Palo Alto, CA, 303 were admitted before 2016 and 77 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 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP1,308 on the register, 523 of the others admitted before 2016; 19 of the 1,308 give an office in Palo Alto, CA.
- UNSW Sydney Faculty of Law and Justice graduates on the register212 living, 83.5% registered; 4 of them list Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Palo Alto, CA393 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 20168,420 people admitted in 2016 are on the register, 3,373 of them through the Third 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 Barry Tsz-Hin Lau’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 Barry Tsz-Hin Lau in 2016. The register places the office outside New York, so a complaint would go to that department’s grievance committee (22 NYCRR 1240.7(a)(2)).
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).