Elizabeth Buenger Hughes
On the New York attorney register since 1980 · office in San Diego, CA
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 1796283
- Admitted
- 1980 · Third Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Feb 2028
Elizabeth Buenger Hughes is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1980 in the Third Department, with an office in San Diego, CA; 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 Elizabeth Buenger Hughes has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Feb 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.
Where this record sits on the register
Elizabeth Buenger Hughes studied at UC Law San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings) (the register spells it “HASTINGS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA”). 115 of its 791 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1980s, as Elizabeth Buenger Hughes was.
- Same law school
- 791living graduates; 86.3% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in San Diego, CA
- 664living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 664 living registrants with an office in San Diego, CA, 35 were admitted before 1980 and 624 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
- UC Law San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings) graduates on the register791 living, 86.3% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in San Diego, CA664 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 19804,659 people admitted in 1980 are on the register, 563 of them through the Third 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 Elizabeth Buenger Hughes’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 Elizabeth Buenger Hughes in 1980. The register places the office outside New York, so a complaint would go to that department’s grievance committee (22 NYCRR 1240.7(a)(2)).
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).