Erica Lynn Cook
On the New York attorney register since 2020 · office in Chicago, IL
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 5829049
- Admitted
- 2020 · Third Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Jul 2028
Erica Lynn Cook is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2020 in the Third Department, with an office in Chicago, IL; next registration due Jul 2028. Since Jul 3, 2026 it has moved only through the routine two-year cycle.
What this status means on the register
On the register, “Currently registered” means Erica Lynn Cook has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Jul 2028.
- Currently registered unchanged
- Due to re‑register to Currently registered the routine two-year cycle: the registration window closed with a filing
- Due to re‑register 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 “Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP”. We count that spelling with A&O Shearman, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
585 other attorneys list A&O Shearman or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 389 of them were admitted before 2020. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2020, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Akinboyewa | 2020 | Due to re‑register |
| Sampada Bannurmath | 2020 | Due to re‑register |
| Anas Benmalek | 2020 | Due to re‑register |
| Parul Bhatia | 2020 | Due to re‑register |
| Laurence Edward Crouch | 2020 | Due to re‑register |
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
Erica Lynn Cook studied at University of Denver Sturm College of Law. 58 of its 418 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2020s, as Erica Lynn Cook was.
- Same law school
- 418living graduates; 80.4% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Chicago, IL
- 2,265living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 2,265 living registrants with an office in Chicago, IL, 1,863 were admitted before 2020 and 337 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 A&O Shearman586 on the register, 389 of the others admitted before 2020.
- University of Denver Sturm College of Law graduates on the register418 living, 80.4% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Chicago, IL2,265 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 20208,276 people admitted in 2020 are on the register, 3,652 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 Erica Lynn Cook’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 Erica Lynn Cook in 2020. 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).