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

Karen Lynn O’Keeffe

On the New York attorney register since 2003 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
4128443
Admitted
2003 · Third Department
Status
was Suspended, due to re‑register now Suspended, delinquent
Next registration
Oct 2027

Karen Lynn O’Keeffe is suspended, delinquent on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2003 in the Third Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Oct 2027. The Aug 6, 2026 file listed this registration as suspended, due to re‑register.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Suspended, delinquent” means the attorney is recorded as suspended from practice, with the registration also delinquent. The register does not give the reason or date of a suspension; the Appellate Division’s order does.

  1. was Suspended, due to re‑register now Suspended, delinquent changed since the Aug 6, 2026 file
  2. Suspended, due to re‑register unchanged
  3. Suspended, due to re‑register the first file we hold

A change of standing between the 3 files of the last twelve months is struck through in red; the routine birthday cycle is not.

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.

Where this record sits on the register

Karen Lynn O’Keeffe studied at Seton Hall University School of Law (the register spells it “SETON HALL UNIVERSITY”). 1,955 of its 6,262 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as Karen Lynn O’Keeffe was.

Same law school
6,262living graduates; 84.7% 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, 33,051 were admitted before 2003 and 58,728 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. Seton Hall University School of Law graduates on the register6,262 living, 84.7% registered.
  2. Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
  3. New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
  4. Admitted in 20038,250 people admitted in 2003 are on the register, 2,491 of them through the Third Department.
  5. Every registration that reads “Suspended, delinquent”20,229 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  6. How to complain about a New York lawyerThe grievance committee for each county, and what it can do.

How to confirm it officially

For a statement of Karen Lynn O’Keeffe’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 Karen Lynn O’Keeffe in 2003. 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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