Brent Phillip Ray
On the New York attorney register since 2004 · office in Chicago, IL
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 4258547
- Admitted
- 2004 · First Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Apr 2028
Brent Phillip Ray is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2004 in the First Department, with an office in Chicago, IL; next registration due Apr 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 Brent Phillip Ray has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Apr 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 “Arnold & Porter”. We count that spelling with Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
424 other attorneys list Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 154 of them were admitted before 2004, and 7 of the 425 give an office in Chicago, IL. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2004, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Lee Mathias Cortes Jr | 2004 | Currently registered |
| John Mark Dibari | 2004 | Due to re‑register |
| Peta Gordon | 2004 | Due to re‑register |
| Patricio Grane | 2004 | Currently registered |
| Arthur Luk | 2004 | Currently registered |
All 425 registrations that list Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer 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
Brent Phillip Ray studied at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law (the register spells it “WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS”). 386 of its 1,878 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as Brent Phillip Ray was.
- Same law school
- 1,878living graduates; 89.3% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Chicago, IL
- 2,265living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 2,265 living registrants with an office in Chicago, IL, 621 were admitted before 2004 and 1,595 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 Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP425 on the register, 154 of the others admitted before 2004; 7 of the 425 give an office in Chicago, IL.
- Washington University in St. Louis School of Law graduates on the register1,878 living, 89.3% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Chicago, IL2,265 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 20048,407 people admitted in 2004 are on the register, 3,062 of them through the First 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 Brent Phillip Ray’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 Brent Phillip Ray in 2004. 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).