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

Clarence Don Clay

On the New York attorney register since 2013 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
5146006
Admitted
2013 · First Department
Status
Suspended, delinquent
Next registration
Aug 2027

Clarence Don Clay is suspended, delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2013 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Aug 2027. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Suspended, delinquent” means the attorney is recorded as suspended from practice, with the registration also delinquent. The register does not give the reason or date of a suspension; the Appellate Division’s order does.

  1. Suspended, delinquent unchanged
  2. Suspended, delinquent unchanged
  3. Suspended, delinquent 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

842 other attorneys list Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 323 of them were admitted before 2013, and 564 of the 843 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2013, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Aymeric Boelle2013Currently registered
Michael John Cardella2013Currently registered
Sharmistha Chakrabarti2013Currently registered
Christopher J. Coulson2013Currently registered
Abigail Elizabeth Davis2013Currently registered

All 843 registrations that list Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom 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

Clarence Don Clay studied at Harvard Law School (the register spells it “HARVARD LAW SCHOOL”). 3,482 of its 14,378 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Clarence Don Clay was.

Same law school
14,378living graduates; 86.1% 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, 54,478 were admitted before 2013 and 36,522 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 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP843 on the register, 323 of the others admitted before 2013; 564 of the 843 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. Harvard Law School graduates on the register14,378 living, 86.1% registered; 86 of them list Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
  3. Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
  4. New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 201310,251 people admitted in 2013 are on the register, 2,956 of them through the First Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Suspended, delinquent”20,229 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
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How to confirm it officially

For a statement of Clarence Don Clay’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 Clarence Don Clay in 2013. 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).

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