David Rutledge Keyes
On the New York attorney register since 2009 · office in Austin, TX
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 4653457
- Admitted
- 2009 · Third Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Jan 2027
David Rutledge Keyes is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2009 in the Third Department, with an office in Austin, TX; next registration due Jan 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 David Rutledge Keyes has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Jan 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
4 other attorneys list Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 2 of them were admitted before 2009. The 4 whose admission is closest to 2009, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| C William Blair | 1984 | Currently registered |
| Jacob Birnbaum | 2007 | Currently registered |
| Nicholas Shea Davis | 2012 | Currently registered |
| Elizabeth Cuneo Thomas | 2014 | 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
David Rutledge Keyes studied at University of Texas School of Law (the register spells it “The University of Texas School of Law”). 478 of its 1,711 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as David Rutledge Keyes was.
- Same law school
- 1,711living graduates; 85.8% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Austin, TX
- 796living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 796 living registrants with an office in Austin, TX, 351 were admitted before 2009 and 404 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
- University of Texas School of Law graduates on the register1,711 living, 85.8% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Austin, TX796 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 200910,203 people admitted in 2009 are on the register, 3,337 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 David Rutledge Keyes’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 David Rutledge Keyes in 2009. 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).