Donald Wayne Hawthorne
On the New York attorney register since 1992 · office in New York, NY
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 2501765
- Admitted
- 1992 · First Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Feb 2028
Donald Wayne Hawthorne is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1992 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Feb 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 the attorney has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in the month shown. How many hold this status.
- Currently registered unchanged
- Currently registered unchanged
- Currently registered the first file we hold
We show the 3 register files of the last twelve months (Jul 3, 2026, Aug 6, 2026, Sep 29, 2026). A change of standing between them is struck through in red; the routine birthday cycle is not.
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 “Carter Ledyard Milburn”. We count that spelling with Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
92 other attorneys list Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1992, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Andris J. Vizbaras | 1990 | Currently registered |
| Marianne Theresa Bellucci | 1991 | Currently registered |
| Jeffrey S. Boxer | 1993 | Currently registered |
| Melinda Fellner Bramwit | 1993 | Currently registered |
| Alan Jonathan Trafimow | 1993 | 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
Donald Wayne Hawthorne studied at Yale Law School.
- Same law school
- 5,039living graduates; 85.8% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in New York, NY
- 93,604living registrants give an office there
Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; living registrants only.
How to confirm it officially
The register is published by the court system; PlainAttorney shows it as released. For a statement of an attorney’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division in the attorney’s department. 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; the court system publishes the file every few weeks, so its own search can be newer. The register shows only the current value: a suspension that ended before the files we hold, or discipline short of suspension such as a censure, leaves no trace here. Appellate Division decisions on attorney discipline are published in the New York Official Reports, online through the court system’s Law Reporting Bureau.