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

Horace Owen Kirk Rhoden

On the New York attorney register since 1999 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
2951549
Admitted
1999 · Second Department
Status
Delinquent
Next registration
Jul 2027

Horace Owen Kirk Rhoden is delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1999 in the Second Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Jul 2027. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold. The month shown is the next cycle’s; the delinquency concerns an earlier registration the register did not receive.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Delinquent” means the attorney has a registration the register shows as due and not received. Under the rule a failure to register results in referral to the Appellate Division for disciplinary action; the register does not show whether a given attorney was referred.

  1. Delinquent unchanged
  2. Delinquent unchanged
  3. Delinquent 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

14 other attorneys list Armienti, Debellis & Rhoden, LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 6 of them were admitted before 1999, and 2 of the 15 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1999, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Vanessa Mary Corchia1985Delinquent
Silvana Debellis1985Currently registered
Merle Schrager1985Currently registered
Lori S. Spier1993Currently registered
Christopher John Lanigan1995Currently registered

All 15 registrations that list Armienti, Debellis & Rhoden, LLP

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

Horace Owen Kirk Rhoden studied at Howard University School of Law (the register spells it “HOWARD UNIVERSITY”). 139 of its 1,210 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1990s, as Horace Owen Kirk Rhoden was.

Same law school
1,210living graduates; 86.7% 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, 26,158 were admitted before 1999 and 65,724 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 Armienti, Debellis & Rhoden, LLP15 on the register, 6 of the others admitted before 1999; 2 of the 15 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. Howard University School of Law graduates on the register1,210 living, 86.7% 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 19997,628 people admitted in 1999 are on the register, 2,434 of them through the Second Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Delinquent”15,500 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
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How to confirm it officially

For a statement of Horace Owen Kirk Rhoden’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 Horace Owen Kirk Rhoden in 1999. 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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