Carlton Eliot Forbes
On the New York attorney register since 2015 · office in Washington, DC
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 5355292
- Admitted
- 2015 · Third Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Oct 2027
Carlton Eliot Forbes is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2015 in the Third Department, with an office in Washington, DC; next registration due Oct 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 Carlton Eliot Forbes has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Oct 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
421 other attorneys list Cooley LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 166 of them were admitted before 2015, and 44 of the 422 give an office in Washington, DC. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2015, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sean William Brownridge | 2015 | Currently registered |
| Grady Chang | 2015 | Currently registered |
| Maria Rita De Sampaio Nunes E Sobral | 2015 | Currently registered |
| Polina Demina | 2015 | Currently registered |
| Alexandra Eber | 2015 | 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
Carlton Eliot Forbes studied at Yale Law School. 1,147 of its 5,039 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Carlton Eliot Forbes was.
- Same law school
- 5,039living graduates; 85.8% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Washington, DC
- 12,527living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 12,527 living registrants with an office in Washington, DC, 8,900 were admitted before 2015 and 3,145 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 Cooley LLP422 on the register, 166 of the others admitted before 2015; 44 of the 422 give an office in Washington, DC.
- Yale Law School graduates on the register5,039 living, 85.8% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Washington, DC12,527 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 20158,867 people admitted in 2015 are on the register, 3,601 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 Carlton Eliot Forbes’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 Carlton Eliot Forbes in 2015. 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).