Daniel Hugh Branch
On the New York attorney register since 1986 · office in Dallas, TX
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 2085884
- Admitted
- 1986 · First Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Mar 2028
Daniel Hugh Branch is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1986 in the First Department, with an office in Dallas, TX; next registration due Mar 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 Daniel Hugh Branch has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Mar 2028.
- 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
The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Winstead P.C.”. We count that spelling with Winstead PC, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
32 other attorneys list Winstead PC or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 0 of them were admitted before 1986, and 16 of the 33 give an office in Dallas, TX. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1986, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Jaeyong So | 1996 | Due to re‑register |
| Amy R. Granoff | 2000 | Due to re‑register |
| Kenneth L Anderson | 2004 | Suspended, delinquent |
| Le V. Lam | 2005 | Currently registered |
| Erika L Larson | 2005 | Currently 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
Daniel Hugh Branch studied at SMU Dedman School of Law. 33 of its 569 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Daniel Hugh Branch was.
- Same law school
- 569living graduates; 81.2% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Dallas, TX
- 1,009living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 1,009 living registrants with an office in Dallas, TX, 59 were admitted before 1986 and 942 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 Winstead PC33 on the register, 0 of the others admitted before 1986; 16 of the 33 give an office in Dallas, TX.
- SMU Dedman School of Law graduates on the register569 living, 81.2% registered; 3 of them list Winstead PC.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Dallas, TX1,009 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 19866,111 people admitted in 1986 are on the register, 1,967 of them through the First 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 Daniel Hugh Branch’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 Daniel Hugh Branch in 1986. 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).