James Walton McPhillips
On the New York attorney register since 2022 · office in Washington, DC
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 5941331
- Admitted
- 2022 · Third Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Mar 2028
James Walton McPhillips 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 Washington, DC; 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 James Walton McPhillips has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Mar 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 “Clifford Chance LLP”. We count that spelling with Clifford Chance US LLP, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
496 other attorneys list Clifford Chance US LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 347 of them were admitted before 2022, and 43 of the 497 give an office in Washington, DC. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2022, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Attias | 2022 | Due to re‑register |
| Neil Iain Barlow | 2022 | Currently registered |
| Kaitlyn Elizabeth Beyer | 2022 | Due to re‑register |
| Xixi Chen | 2022 | Currently registered |
| Sahiba Manpreet Kaur Chopra | 2022 | 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
James Walton McPhillips studied at University of Georgia School of Law. 87 of its 387 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2020s, as James Walton McPhillips was.
- Same law school
- 387living graduates; 89.1% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Washington, DC
- 12,527living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 12,527 living registrants with an office in Washington, DC, 11,594 were admitted before 2022 and 667 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 Clifford Chance US LLP497 on the register, 347 of the others admitted before 2022; 43 of the 497 give an office in Washington, DC.
- University of Georgia School of Law graduates on the register387 living, 89.1% registered; 2 of them list Clifford Chance US LLP.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Washington, DC12,527 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 James Walton McPhillips’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 James Walton McPhillips 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).