Brian James Cathey
On the New York attorney register since 2011 · office in Houston, TX
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 4926366
- Admitted
- 2011 · First Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Sep 2027
Brian James Cathey is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2011 in the First Department, with an office in Houston, TX; next registration due Sep 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 Brian James Cathey has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Sep 2027.
- 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 “Wright Close & Barger LLP”. We count that spelling with Wright, Close, Barger & Guzman LLP, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
2 other attorneys list Wright, Close, Barger & Guzman LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 1 of them was admitted before 2011, and all 3 give an office in Houston, TX. The 2 whose admission is closest to 2011, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Raffi Melkonian | 2006 | Currently registered |
| Eric Bradley Boettcher | 2016 | Currently registered |
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
Brian James Cathey studied at University of Michigan Law School. 1,352 of its 4,806 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Brian James Cathey was.
- Same law school
- 4,806living graduates; 86.9% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Houston, TX
- 1,463living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 1,463 living registrants with an office in Houston, TX, 779 were admitted before 2011 and 617 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
- University of Michigan Law School graduates on the register4,806 living, 86.9% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Houston, TX1,463 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 20119,856 people admitted in 2011 are on the register, 2,849 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 Brian James Cathey’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 Brian James Cathey in 2011. 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).