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

Hengsheng Gao

On the New York attorney register since 2022 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
5957402
Admitted
2022 · Third Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Mar 2028

Hengsheng Gao 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 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 Hengsheng Gao has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Mar 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

8 other attorneys list Romano Law PLLC or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 6 of them were admitted before 2022, and 8 of the 9 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2022, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Shalizeh Sadig2010Currently registered
Novika Ishar2013Currently registered
Erin Rose Bauwens2017Currently registered
Ru Ho Chen2023Currently registered
Curtis Henry Fuller2024Currently 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

Hengsheng Gao studied at Emory University School of Law. 450 of its 2,405 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2020s, as Hengsheng Gao was.

Same law school
2,405living graduates; 89.4% 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, 78,318 were admitted before 2022 and 12,431 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. Emory University School of Law graduates on the register2,405 living, 89.4% registered.
  2. Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
  3. New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
  4. Admitted in 20227,736 people admitted in 2022 are on the register, 3,662 of them through the Third Department.
  5. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  6. 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 Hengsheng Gao’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 Hengsheng Gao in 2022. 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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