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

Debra Silverman Herman

On the New York attorney register since 2000 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
3017142
Admitted
2000 · Second Department
Status
Due to re‑register
Next registration
Oct 2026

Debra Silverman Herman is due to re‑register on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2000 in the Second 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

218 other attorneys list Hodgson Russ LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 64 of them were admitted before 2000, and 21 of the 219 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2000, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Katherine Emily Cauley2000Currently registered
Benjamin Marc Farber2000Currently registered
Michelle M. Helm2000Currently registered
Christopher J. Milne2000Delinquent
Timothy P. Noonan2000Currently registered

All 219 registrations that list Hodgson Russ 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

Debra Silverman Herman studied at American University Washington College of Law (the register spells it “AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW”). 1,253 of its 4,261 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as Debra Silverman Herman was.

Same law school
4,261living graduates; 88.3% 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, 27,880 were admitted before 2000 and 64,004 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 Hodgson Russ LLP219 on the register, 64 of the others admitted before 2000; 21 of the 219 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. American University Washington College of Law graduates on the register4,261 living, 88.3% registered.
  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 20007,585 people admitted in 2000 are on the register, 2,308 of them through the Second 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 Debra Silverman Herman’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Second Department, which admitted Debra Silverman Herman in 2000. 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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