Kathryn E. Leighton
On the New York attorney register since 1992 · office in Forest Hills, NY
PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.
- Registration No.
- 2450187
- Admitted
- 1992 · Second Department
- Status
- Currently registered
- Next registration
- Aug 2028
Kathryn E. Leighton is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1992 in the Second Department, with an office in Forest Hills, NY; next registration due Aug 2028. Since Jul 3, 2026 it has moved only through the routine two-year cycle.
What this status means on the register
On the register, “Currently registered” means Kathryn E. Leighton has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Aug 2028.
- Due to re‑register to Currently registered the routine two-year cycle: the registration window closed with a filing
- Due to re‑register unchanged
- Due to re‑register 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.
Where this record sits on the register
Kathryn E. Leighton studied at Albany Law School (the register spells it “ALBANY”). 2,261 of its 10,183 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1990s, as Kathryn E. Leighton was.
- Same law school
- 10,183living graduates; 91.3% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
- Office in Forest Hills, NY
- 514living registrants
Of the 514 living registrants with an office in Forest Hills, NY, 166 were admitted before 1992 and 335 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
- Albany Law School graduates on the register10,183 living, 91.3% registered.
- Attorneys with an office in Forest Hills, NY514 living registrants give an office there.
- Queens County’s registered bar4,163 currently registered, 1.79 per 1,000 residents.
- Admitted in 19926,498 people admitted in 1992 are on the register, 2,546 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 Kathryn E. Leighton’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 Kathryn E. Leighton in 1992. A complaint about this attorney would go to the Second Department’s Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh and Thirteenth Judicial Districts, which covers Queens 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).