Joanne Kathleen Searles
On the New York attorney register since 2010 · office in Sarasota, FL
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 4535696
- Admitted
- 2010 · Second Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Dec 2026
Joanne Kathleen Searles is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2010 in the Second Department, with an office in Sarasota, FL; 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 Joanne Kathleen Searles 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
24 other attorneys list Shutts & Bowen LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 18 of them were admitted before 2010. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2010, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew Ross Chait | 2004 | Currently registered |
| Sara Levy | 2006 | Currently registered |
| Peter Rahaghi | 2007 | Currently registered |
| Greta Enid Matta Trotman | 2010 | Currently registered |
| Daniel J. Caplow | 2013 | 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
Joanne Kathleen Searles studied at Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University (the register spells it “HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY(JD) UNIV. OF MIAMI (L.L.M)”). 2,520 of its 11,234 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Joanne Kathleen Searles was.
- Same law school
- 11,234living graduates; 92.1% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Sarasota, FL
- 140living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 140 living registrants with an office in Sarasota, FL, 112 were admitted before 2010 and 25 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 Shutts & Bowen LLP25 on the register, 18 of the others admitted before 2010.
- Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University graduates on the register11,234 living, 92.1% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in Sarasota, FL140 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 201010,128 people admitted in 2010 are on the register, 2,711 of them through the Second 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 Joanne Kathleen Searles’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 Joanne Kathleen Searles in 2010. 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).