James Michael Lyons
On the New York attorney register since 2014 · office in Boston, MA
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 5260872
- Admitted
- 2014 · First Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Dec 2026
James Michael Lyons is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2014 in the First Department, with an office in Boston, MA; next registration due Dec 2026. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.
What this status means on the register
On the register, “Currently registered” means James Michael Lyons has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Dec 2026.
- 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
193 other attorneys list Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 85 of them were admitted before 2014, and 22 of the 194 give an office in Boston, MA. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2014, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Marsha Lena Bresner | 2014 | Currently registered |
| Matthew Theodore Martens | 2014 | Currently registered |
| Jessica Elizabeth Notebaert | 2014 | Currently registered |
| Brandt Michael Tierney | 2014 | Currently registered |
| Michael Hendry Baer | 2015 | Currently registered |
All 194 registrations that list Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr 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
James Michael Lyons studied at Columbia Law School. 4,756 of its 18,953 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as James Michael Lyons was.
- Same law school
- 18,953living graduates; 87.4% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Boston, MA
- 2,932living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 2,932 living registrants with an office in Boston, MA, 1,877 were admitted before 2014 and 920 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 Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP194 on the register, 85 of the others admitted before 2014; 22 of the 194 give an office in Boston, MA.
- Columbia Law School graduates on the register18,953 living, 87.4% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Boston, MA2,932 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 201410,747 people admitted in 2014 are on the register, 3,283 of them through the First 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 James Michael Lyons’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, First Department, which admitted James Michael Lyons in 2014. 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).