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

Katherine Buchanan

On the New York attorney register since 2012 · office in New York, NY

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

Registration No.
5062484
Admitted
2012 · Second Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Jul 2028

Katherine Buchanan is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2012 in the Second Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Jul 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 Katherine Buchanan has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Jul 2028.

  1. Currently registered unchanged
  2. Currently registered unchanged
  3. 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

42 other attorneys list Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 23 of them were admitted before 2012, and 21 of the 43 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2012, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Ryan Andrew McKeon2011Currently registered
Michael Francis McKeon2011Currently registered
Jennifer Suh2012Due to re‑register
Samantha Robyn Aster2013Currently registered
James Monroe French2013Currently registered

All 43 registrations that list Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP

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

Katherine Buchanan studied at Seton Hall University School of Law. 1,761 of its 6,262 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Katherine Buchanan 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, 52,244 were admitted before 2012 and 39,126 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. Everyone who lists Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP43 on the register, 23 of the others admitted before 2012; 21 of the 43 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. Seton Hall University School of Law graduates on the register6,262 living, 84.7% registered.
  3. Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
  4. New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 20129,632 people admitted in 2012 are on the register, 2,535 of them through the Second Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  7. 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 Katherine Buchanan’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 Katherine Buchanan in 2012. 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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