Charity Cimone Gates
On the New York attorney register since 2021 · office in New York, NY
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 5880000
- Admitted
- 2021 · Third Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Feb 2027
Charity Cimone Gates is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2021 in the Third Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Feb 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 Charity Cimone Gates has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Feb 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
18 other attorneys list Cowan, Debaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 15 of them were admitted before 2021, and all 19 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2021, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cece McKay Cole | 2019 | Currently registered |
| Josef Charles Chojaa Ghosn | 2020 | Currently registered |
| Elizabeth Safran | 2020 | Due to re‑register |
| Mary Theresa Gunther | 2023 | Currently registered |
| Austen Albert Parker | 2024 | Currently registered |
All 19 registrations that list Cowan, Debaets, Abrahams & Sheppard 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
Charity Cimone Gates studied at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University (the register spells it “Yeshiva University Cardozo School of Law”). 1,951 of its 12,878 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2020s, as Charity Cimone Gates was.
- Same law school
- 12,878living graduates; 88.9% 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, 75,518 were admitted before 2021 and 15,286 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 Cowan, Debaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP19 on the register, 15 of the others admitted before 2021; all 19 give an office in New York, NY.
- Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University graduates on the register12,878 living, 88.9% registered.
- Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
- New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
- Admitted in 20217,829 people admitted in 2021 are on the register, 3,571 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 Charity Cimone Gates’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 Charity Cimone Gates in 2021. 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).