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

Benjamin Michael Bass

On the New York attorney register since 2012 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
4958302
Admitted
2012 · First Department
Status
Suspended, delinquent
Next registration
Oct 2026

Benjamin Michael Bass is suspended, delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2012 in the First 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

438 other attorneys list Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 179 of them were admitted before 2012, and 297 of the 439 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2012, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Genet Berhane2012Currently registered
Alejandra Garcia Earley2012Currently registered
Jennifer Christine Lee2012Currently registered
Alexander Stephen Leonhardt2012Currently registered
Yufeng Ma2012Currently registered

All 439 registrations that list Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe 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

Benjamin Michael Bass studied at New York University School of Law (the register spells it “NYU SCHOOL OF LAW”). 5,283 of its 23,248 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Benjamin Michael Bass was.

Same law school
23,248living graduates; 86.5% 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, 52,244 were admitted before 2012 and 39,126 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 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP439 on the register, 179 of the others admitted before 2012; 297 of the 439 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. New York University School of Law graduates on the register23,248 living, 86.5% registered.
  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 20129,632 people admitted in 2012 are on the register, 2,617 of them through the First Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Suspended, delinquent”20,229 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  7. How to complain about a New York lawyerThe grievance committee for each county, and what it can do.

How to confirm it officially

For a statement of Benjamin Michael Bass’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, First Department, which admitted Benjamin Michael Bass in 2012. 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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