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

Douglas Bradford Freeman

On the New York attorney register since 2004 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
4269833
Admitted
2004 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Aug 2028

Douglas Bradford Freeman is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2004 in the First Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Aug 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 Bradford Freeman has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Aug 2028.

  1. Currently registered unchanged
  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; 204 of them were admitted before 2004, and 1,049 of the 1,308 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2004, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Jorge Batlle2004Currently registered
Andrew Glenn Blau2004Currently registered
Jonathan Louis Corsico2004Currently registered
Summer Craig2004Currently registered
Kenneth Carl Ehrhard2004Currently 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

Douglas Bradford Freeman studied at University of Illinois College of Law (the register spells it “UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS”). 152 of its 769 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as Douglas Bradford Freeman was.

Same law school
769living graduates; 87.1% 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, 34,876 were admitted before 2004 and 56,900 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, 204 of the others admitted before 2004; 1,049 of the 1,308 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. University of Illinois College of Law graduates on the register769 living, 87.1% registered; 2 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 20048,407 people admitted in 2004 are on the register, 3,062 of them through the First Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 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 Douglas Bradford Freeman’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, First Department, which admitted Douglas Bradford Freeman in 2004. 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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