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

Donna L. Studebaker

On the New York attorney register since 1997

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

Registration No.
2796233
Admitted
1997 · Third Department
Status
was Due to re‑register now Delinquent
Next registration
Nov 2027

Donna L. Studebaker is delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1997 in the Third Department; next registration due Nov 2027. The Aug 6, 2026 file listed this registration as due to re‑register. The month shown is the next cycle’s; the delinquency concerns an earlier registration the register did not receive.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Delinquent” means the attorney has a registration the register shows as due and not received. Under the rule a failure to register results in referral to the Appellate Division for disciplinary action; the register does not show whether a given attorney was referred.

  1. was Due to re‑register now Delinquent changed since the Aug 6, 2026 file
  2. Due to re‑register unchanged
  3. Due to re‑register the first file we hold

A change of standing between the 3 files of the last twelve months 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.

Where this record sits on the register

Donna L. Studebaker studied at Albany Law School (the register spells it “ALBANY LAW SCHOOL”). 2,261 of its 10,183 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1990s, as Donna L. Studebaker was.

Same law school
10,183living graduates; 91.3% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall

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. Albany Law School graduates on the register10,183 living, 91.3% registered.
  2. Admitted in 19977,066 people admitted in 1997 are on the register, 1,696 of them through the Third Department.
  3. Every registration that reads “Delinquent”15,500 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  4. How to complain about a New York lawyerThe grievance committee for each county, and what it can do.

How to confirm it officially

For a statement of Donna L. Studebaker’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 Donna L. Studebaker in 1997. The register publishes no address for this attorney, so it does not show which department’s grievance committee a complaint belongs to; a committee that receives one decides where it goes.

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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