Karen Elisabeth Yates
On the New York attorney register since 2004 · office in New Haven, CT
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 4234647
- Admitted
- 2004 · Third Department
- Status
- Due to re‑register
- Next registration
- Nov 2026
Karen Elisabeth Yates is due to re‑register on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2004 in the Third Department, with an office in New Haven, CT; next registration due Nov 2026. Since Jul 3, 2026 it has moved only through the routine two-year cycle.
What this status means on the register
On the register, “Due to re‑register” means the attorney has a biennial registration falling due or overdue: the rule asks for it within 30 days after the attorney’s birthday in each alternate year, and the record gives the month it is due. The value stays until the register records the filing or marks the registration delinquent, so the month can have passed; by itself it is not a finding.
- Currently registered to Due to re‑register the routine two-year cycle: the registration window opened
- 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
97 other attorneys list Withers Bergman LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 19 of them were admitted before 2004, and 19 of the 98 give an office in New Haven, CT. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2004, earliest first:
| Attorney | Admitted | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Gerard Holden | 2004 | Currently registered |
| William James Kambas | 2004 | Currently registered |
| Edward Arthur Renn | 2004 | Currently registered |
| William C.G Swift Jr | 2004 | Due to re‑register |
| James Russell Brockway | 2005 | 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
Karen Elisabeth Yates studied at Cornell Law School (the register spells it “CORNELL UNIVERSITY”). 1,467 of its 7,028 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2000s, as Karen Elisabeth Yates was.
- Same law school
- 7,028living graduates; 87.8% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in New Haven, CT
- 429living registrants (outside New York State)
Of the 429 living registrants with an office in New Haven, CT, 188 were admitted before 2004 and 225 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 Withers Bergman LLP98 on the register, 19 of the others admitted before 2004; 19 of the 98 give an office in New Haven, CT.
- Cornell Law School graduates on the register7,028 living, 87.8% registered.
- New York-admitted attorneys in New Haven, CT429 living registrants give an office there.
- Admitted in 20048,407 people admitted in 2004 are on the register, 2,565 of them through the Third Department.
- Every registration that reads “Due to re‑register”47,986 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 Karen Elisabeth Yates’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 Elisabeth Yates in 2004. 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).