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

Chao Wang

On the New York attorney register since 2012 · office in Palo Alto, CA

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

Registration No.
5002704
Admitted
2012 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Apr 2028

Chao Wang is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2012 in the First Department, with an office in Palo Alto, CA; 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 Chao Wang has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Apr 2028.

  1. Currently registered unchanged
  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

158 other attorneys list Baker Botts LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 75 of them were admitted before 2012. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2012, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Matthew Charles Fusina2012Due to re‑register
Michael Sammie Goldberg2012Currently registered
Jay Benjamin Gould2012Currently registered
Valeriya Kirsey2012Currently registered
Michael Edward Knierim2012Currently registered

All 159 registrations that list Baker Botts 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

Chao Wang studied at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law (the register spells it “Northwestern University School of Law Chicago”). 1,127 of its 3,128 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Chao Wang was.

Same law school
3,128living graduates; 87.0% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Palo Alto, CA
393living registrants (outside New York State)

Of the 393 living registrants with an office in Palo Alto, CA, 246 were admitted before 2012 and 134 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 Baker Botts LLP159 on the register, 75 of the others admitted before 2012.
  2. Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law graduates on the register3,128 living, 87.0% registered.
  3. New York-admitted attorneys in Palo Alto, CA393 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Admitted in 20129,632 people admitted in 2012 are on the register, 2,617 of them through the First Department.
  5. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  6. 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 Chao Wang’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 Chao Wang in 2012. 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).

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