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

Bonnie Chen

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.
5010467
Admitted
2012 · First Department
Status
Due to re‑register
Next registration
Oct 2026

Bonnie Chen is due to re‑register 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. Since Jul 3, 2026 it has moved only through the routine two-year cycle.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Due to re‑register” means the attorney has a biennial registration falling due or overdue: the rule asks for it within 30 days after the attorney’s birthday in each alternate year, and the record gives the month it is due. The value stays until the register records the filing or marks the registration delinquent, so the month can have passed; by itself it is not a finding.

  1. Currently registered to Due to re‑register the routine two-year cycle: the registration window opened
  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

1,147 other attorneys list Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 412 of them were admitted before 2012, and 1,013 of the 1,148 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2012, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Kathryn Civitello Angel2012Currently registered
Craig Aaron Benson2012Currently registered
Elana Deborah Bensoul2012Currently registered
Hilary Beamer Christian2012Currently registered
Daniel William Evans2012Suspended, delinquent

All 1,148 registrations that list Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison 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

Bonnie Chen studied at George Washington University Law School. 1,770 of its 6,333 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Bonnie Chen was.

Same law school
6,333living graduates; 88.8% 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 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP1,148 on the register, 412 of the others admitted before 2012; 1,013 of the 1,148 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. George Washington University Law School graduates on the register6,333 living, 88.8% registered; 31 of them list Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.
  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 “Due to re‑register”47,986 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 Bonnie Chen’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 Bonnie Chen 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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