Douglas Patrick Buckley
On the New York attorney register since 2014 · office in New York, NY
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 5186390
- Admitted
- 2014 · Second Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Mar 2028
Douglas Patrick Buckley is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2014 in the Second Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Mar 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 Douglas Patrick Buckley has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Mar 2028.
- 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
The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (Us) LLP”. We count that spelling with Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
373 other attorneys list Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 197 of them were admitted before 2014, and 294 of the 374 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2014, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Brandon Lee Arnold | 2014 | Currently registered |
| Michelle Ben-David | 2014 | Due to re‑register |
| Laure Cardinet | 2014 | Currently registered |
| Ilya Kontorovich | 2014 | Due to re‑register |
| Jared Simms Stein | 2014 | Currently registered |
All 374 registrations that list Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer 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
Douglas Patrick Buckley studied at Brooklyn Law School. 3,848 of its 20,058 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Douglas Patrick Buckley was.
- Same law school
- 20,058living graduates; 86.6% 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
- Everyone who lists Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP374 on the register, 197 of the others admitted before 2014; 294 of the 374 give an office in New York, NY.
- Brooklyn Law School graduates on the register20,058 living, 86.6% registered.
- Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
- New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
- Admitted in 201410,747 people admitted in 2014 are on the register, 2,930 of them through the Second 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 Douglas Patrick Buckley’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 Douglas Patrick Buckley 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).