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

Hillary Hera Hughes

On the New York attorney register since 1998 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
2875029
Admitted
1998 · Second Department
Status
Due to re‑register
Next registration
Nov 2026

Hillary Hera Hughes is due to re‑register on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1998 in the Second Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Nov 2026. Since Jul 3, 2026 it has moved only through the routine two-year cycle.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Due to re‑register” means the attorney has a biennial registration falling due or overdue: the rule asks for it within 30 days after the attorney’s birthday in each alternate year, and the record gives the month it is due. The value stays until the register records the filing or marks the registration delinquent, so the month can have passed; by itself it is not a finding.

  1. Currently registered to Due to re‑register the routine two-year cycle: the registration window opened
  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

22 other attorneys list Foster Garvey PC or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 7 of them were admitted before 1998, and 13 of the 23 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1998, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Alan Avery Heller1989Currently registered
Brad Christopher Deutsch1995Currently registered
Robin Christopher Beaver2000Currently registered
Vincent Rafael Stone2000Currently registered
Malcolm Seymour III2007Currently registered

All 23 registrations that list Foster Garvey PC

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

Hillary Hera Hughes studied at LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center (the register spells it “LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY”). 14 of its 170 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1990s, as Hillary Hera Hughes was.

Same law school
170living graduates; 86.5% 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, 24,611 were admitted before 1998 and 67,446 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 Foster Garvey PC23 on the register, 7 of the others admitted before 1998; 13 of the 23 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center graduates on the register170 living, 86.5% registered.
  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 19987,302 people admitted in 1998 are on the register, 2,431 of them through the Second Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Due to re‑register”47,986 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 Hillary Hera Hughes’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Second Department, which admitted Hillary Hera Hughes in 1998. 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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