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

Deborah Lynn Gruen

On the New York attorney register since 2014 · office in New York, NY

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Registration No.
5225370
Admitted
2014 · Third Department
Status
Due to re‑register
Next registration
Oct 2026

Deborah Lynn Gruen is due to re‑register on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2014 in the Third Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Oct 2026. Since Jul 3, 2026 it has moved only through the routine two-year cycle.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Due to re‑register” means the attorney has a biennial registration falling due or overdue: the rule asks for it within 30 days after the attorney’s birthday in each alternate year, and the record gives the month it is due. The value stays until the register records the filing or marks the registration delinquent, so the month can have passed; by itself it is not a finding.

  1. Currently registered to Due to re‑register the routine two-year cycle: the registration window opened
  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

1,307 other attorneys list Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 445 of them were admitted before 2014, and 1,049 of the 1,308 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2014, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
James Matthew Beebe2014Currently registered
Bissie Katharine Bonner2014Currently registered
Adam Jeffrey Brunk2014Currently registered
James Jay Chin2014Currently registered
Sean Galen Dougherty2014Currently registered

All 1,308 registrations that list Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 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

Deborah Lynn Gruen studied at Georgetown University Law Center (the register spells it “GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER”). 3,165 of its 11,562 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Deborah Lynn Gruen was.

Same law school
11,562living graduates; 87.9% 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, 57,082 were admitted before 2014 and 33,603 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 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP1,308 on the register, 445 of the others admitted before 2014; 1,049 of the 1,308 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. Georgetown University Law Center graduates on the register11,562 living, 87.9% registered; 76 of them list Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 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 201410,747 people admitted in 2014 are on the register, 4,172 of them through the Third Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Due to re‑register”47,986 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  7. 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 Deborah Lynn Gruen’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 Deborah Lynn Gruen in 2014. 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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