John Dudley Esterhay
On the New York attorney register since 2013 · office in San Diego, CA
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 5048319
- Admitted
- 2013 · Second Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Mar 2027
John Dudley Esterhay is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2013 in the Second Department, with an office in San Diego, CA; next registration due Mar 2027. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.
What this status means on the register
On the register, “Currently registered” means John Dudley Esterhay has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Mar 2027.
- 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 “Ashurst Perkins Coie US LLP”. We count that spelling with Ashurst Perkins Coie LLP, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.
286 other attorneys list Ashurst Perkins Coie LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 119 of them were admitted before 2013. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2013, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Bryce Allen | 2013 | Currently registered |
| Mark Edward Dendinger | 2013 | Currently registered |
| Zhibin Fan | 2013 | Currently registered |
| Christopher Michael Katsimagles | 2013 | Currently registered |
| Whitney Jane Lutgen | 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
John Dudley Esterhay studied at Yale Law School. 1,147 of its 5,039 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as John Dudley Esterhay was.
- Same law school
- 5,039living graduates; 85.8% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in San Diego, CA
- 664living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 664 living registrants with an office in San Diego, CA, 468 were admitted before 2013 and 167 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 Ashurst Perkins Coie LLP287 on the register, 119 of the others admitted before 2013.
- Yale Law School graduates on the register5,039 living, 85.8% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in San Diego, CA664 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 201310,251 people admitted in 2013 are on the register, 2,824 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 John Dudley Esterhay’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 John Dudley Esterhay in 2013. 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).