Harley Victor Ratliff
On the New York attorney register since 2022 · office in Kansas City, MO
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 5962345
- Admitted
- 2022 · Third Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Apr 2028
Harley Victor Ratliff is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2022 in the Third Department, with an office in Kansas City, MO; next registration due Apr 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 Harley Victor Ratliff has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Apr 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 “Shook, Hardy & Bacon”. We count that spelling with Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
42 other attorneys list Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 38 of them were admitted before 2022, and 6 of the 43 give an office in Kansas City, MO. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2022, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Russell Hazen | 2020 | Currently registered |
| Jeffrey Adam Myers | 2021 | Currently registered |
| Thomas James Sullivan Jr. | 2022 | Due to re‑register |
| Jason Seth Wasserman | 2022 | Currently registered |
| Michael James Arnone | 2025 | Currently registered |
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
Harley Victor Ratliff studied at Tulane University Law School. 315 of its 2,194 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2020s, as Harley Victor Ratliff was.
- Same law school
- 2,194living graduates; 87.7% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Kansas City, MO
- 133living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 133 living registrants with an office in Kansas City, MO, 121 were admitted before 2022 and 9 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 Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.43 on the register, 38 of the others admitted before 2022; 6 of the 43 give an office in Kansas City, MO.
- Tulane University Law School graduates on the register2,194 living, 87.7% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Kansas City, MO133 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 20227,736 people admitted in 2022 are on the register, 3,662 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 Harley Victor Ratliff’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 Harley Victor Ratliff in 2022. 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).