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

Charles Anthony Hafner

On the New York attorney register since 2018 · office in Chicago, IL

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

Registration No.
5639117
Admitted
2018 · Third Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
May 2028

Charles Anthony Hafner is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2018 in the Third Department, with an office in Chicago, IL; next registration due May 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 Charles Anthony Hafner has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in May 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

5 other attorneys list Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 4 of them were admitted before 2018, and 5 of the 6 give an office in Chicago, IL. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2018, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Khrys Caiting Wu1999Currently registered
Amy P Klie2003Currently registered
Kimberly Ann Hartman2015Currently registered
Barbara Irene Michaelides2016Due to re‑register
Evan Michael Kanz2023Currently 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

Charles Anthony Hafner studied at University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (formerly John Marshall) (the register spells it “John Marshall Law School Chicago”). 106 of its 492 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Charles Anthony Hafner was.

Same law school
492living graduates; 83.3% 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, 1,700 were admitted before 2018 and 490 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. University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (formerly John Marshall) graduates on the register492 living, 83.3% registered; 2 of them list Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan LLP.
  2. New York-admitted attorneys in Chicago, IL2,265 living registrants give an office there.
  3. Admitted in 20188,750 people admitted in 2018 are on the register, 3,556 of them through the Third Department.
  4. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  5. 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 Charles Anthony Hafner’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 Charles Anthony Hafner in 2018. 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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