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

Christine Wilkes Beninati

On the New York attorney register since 1998 · office in Atlanta, GA

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

Registration No.
2919454
Admitted
1998 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
May 2028

Christine Wilkes Beninati is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1998 in the First Department, with an office in Atlanta, GA; 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 Christine Wilkes Beninati 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

13 other attorneys list Cantor Colburn LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 7 of them were admitted before 1998. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1998, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Philmore Hughie Colburn II1992Currently registered
Keith John Murphy1994Currently registered
Daniel Peter Lent1996Currently registered
Christopher C. Boehm1997Currently registered
T. David Bomzer2001Currently registered

All 14 registrations that list Cantor Colburn 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

Christine Wilkes Beninati studied at University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law (the register spells it “FRANKLIN PIERCE LAW CENTER”). 132 of its 742 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1990s, as Christine Wilkes Beninati was.

Same law school
742living graduates; 88.9% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Atlanta, GA
1,277living registrants (outside New York State)

Of the 1,277 living registrants with an office in Atlanta, GA, 294 were admitted before 1998 and 951 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 Cantor Colburn LLP14 on the register, 7 of the others admitted before 1998.
  2. University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law graduates on the register742 living, 88.9% registered.
  3. New York-admitted attorneys in Atlanta, GA1,277 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Admitted in 19987,302 people admitted in 1998 are on the register, 2,659 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 Christine Wilkes Beninati’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 Christine Wilkes Beninati in 1998. 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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